Because of cliff erosion which has significantly affected many other Cape lighthouses, too Chatham Light has undergone a series of renovations, replacements, and even relocations since its construction.
Tours of the current reconstructed tower are offered weekly but are currently suspended due to COVID This foot lighthouse has overlooked Gloucester Harbor since , when it was built to prevent the dozens of shipwrecks that happened off the coast.
The film, which stars Mark Wahlberg and George Clooney, dramatizes the sinking of the Andrea Gail, a ship that set out from the harbor, only to be caught in the center of a hurricane-strength storm.
The ship was lost at sea and the crew was never recovered, and scenes from the movie were filmed at the lighthouse. Originally, it was just a two story house with a lantern on top. But in it was replaced by a foot tall lighthouse tower, transported from Crane Beach in Ipswich. The lighthouse is currently open for visitors, and you can take the spiral staircase to the top to enjoy the views of Chappaquiddick Island and a panoramic seascape.
In , Gay Head Light was saved from falling off the edge of the Aquinnah Cliffs after erosion caused the cliffs to deteriorate dangerously close to the tower, and was ultimately moved over feet inland. It was rebuilt in , rebuilt again in , and then moved in when significant erosion left it sitting dangerously close to the water below.
The ton lighthouse was then lifted and moved back more than feet to a safer, more inland location. The interior of the Highland Light is closed for renovations until , when visitors can once again climb the step, five-story staircase to the top. Sitting all alone in the middle of the water, Minots Ledge Light is perhaps the most interesting lighthouse in MA. Just a mile off the coast of Scituate, the grey stone tower rises straight out of the waves, anchored directly into the large rock formation below it.
Needless to say, this light is closed for visitors, but you can still view it from the surrounding water if you dare. But because of coastal erosion, the towers were dismantled, moved, or replaced three times before Base Cell heliops verizon. Massachusetts Beaches. Massachusetts State Parks.
Whale Watching and Boat Tours. Boston Historic Attractions. Massachusetts Historical Societies. My new book, Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Southern New England: Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts , published by Schiffer Publishing, provides lots of special human interest stories from each of the 92 lighthouses, along with plenty of additional indoor and outdoor coastal attractions and tours in the area, with contact info to plan your trip.
In the book, with stories from each lighthouse, you'll find a few local special stories from the Boston area region, including various rescues during one of the worst gale storms in New England, named as the "Portland Gale" for the sinking of the Steamer Portland , and the storm of the century called the "Lighthouse Storm" that sent Minot's Ledge Light toppling into the sea.
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Deer Island Light. Each time as well as in —37 the tower was repaired or rebuilt. The most significant damage, however, occurred during the Revolutionary War. On July 20, , when the British occupied Boston and held Boston Light, patriot troops burned the wooden parts of the tower.
The British began to repair it, whereupon the Americans burned it again on July 31 and again in September. Finally, in June , as the last of the British were leaving Boston, they blew up the lighthouse Snowman and Thomson , 11, 13—14, 97—; Snow Boston Light was not rebuilt by Massachusetts until This time it was again circular, constructed of mortared rubblestone, and 75 feet high with the illumination provided by four fish oil lamps. In , when lighthouses were under the purview of the secretary of the treasury, large cracks appeared in the east wall and six iron hoops were then installed around the tower for support.
Today there are five, the sixth having been removed sometime between and The present aluminum bands replaced corroded steel ones in — In a revolving mechanism was installed to create a flashing light. During the Pleasonton years the condition of the lighthouse apparently deteriorated but improvements were also made—a chandelier with 14 lamps and reflectors was installed in and the present cast iron stairs, iron window frames, balcony, and large iron door added in And in the fog cannon was replaced by a wind-up bell Snowman and Thomson , 24—25, 26, 29, 30, 70, , —62, Boston Light's second-order Fresnel lens Under the U.
Lighthouse Board, many more improvements were made to Boston Light.
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