Nobska Light
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 Nobska Light (March 2005) |
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| Location: | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
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| Foundation: | Natural Emplaced |
| Construction: | Iron with brick lining |
| Year first lit: | 1876 (current tower) |
| Year first constructed: | 1829 |
| Automated: | 1985 |
| Tower shape: | Cylindrical |
| Markings/Pattern: | White with black lantern |
| Height: | 40 ft, 87 feet above sea level |
| Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | White 13 nm, Red 11 nm |
| Characteristic: | Flashing White 6s with a a red sector, Obscured from 125° to 195°.
Red from 263° to 289°, covers Hedge Fence and L′Hommedieu Shoal. Lighted throughout 24 hours. Floodlighted sunset to sunrise. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si) |
Nobska Light, or Nobsque Light, also known as Nobska Point Light is a lighthouse located at the division between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in Woods Hole on the southwestern tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
First built in 1828, Nobksa Light was rebuilt in 1876.
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