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Monomoy Point Light 
U.S. Coast Guard photo Location Monomoy Island Year first constructed 1823 Year first lit 1849 (current structure) Automated no Deactivated 1923 Foundation Brick Construction Cast iron with brick lining Tower shape Cylindrical Markings / pattern Red with black lantern Original lens Fourth order Fresnel Lens Monomoy Point Lighthouse
Nearest city: Chatham, Massachusetts Coordinates: 41°33′33.6″N 69°59′37.4″W / 41.559333°N 69.993722°W Area: 4 acres (2ha) Built: 1849 Architectural style: Cape Cod Governing body: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service MPS: Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR (AD) NRHP Reference#: 79000324 Added to NRHP: November 01, 1979 Monomoy Point Light[1] is a historic light in Chatham, Massachusetts.
The station was established in 1823. The first light was a wood tower and brick lantern room on top of the keeper's house. The current tower, one of the first made of cast iron, was built in 1849. The braces which are prominent in the Coast Guard photo have been removed.
After the opening of the Cape Cod Canal in 1914, most vessels bound from south of the Cape to the Boston area took the shorter and safer route through the canal, so there was much less traffic past the light and the light was deactivated in 1923.
The keeper's house is preserved and serves as a guest house today. The Lighthouse Preservation Society, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and The Friends of Monomoy support preservation of the lighthouse and keeper's house.[2] It lies within the Monomoy Wilderness.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Monomoy Point Lighthouse on November 1, 1979, reference number 79000324.[3]
References
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-06. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMA.asp.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-09-06). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ma2.htm.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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