Cuttyhunk Light
Cuttyhunk Light was a lighthouse at the west end of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.First established in 1823, it was rebuilt several times. The last lighthouse was built in 1891, with a 5th order Fresnel Lens in a 45-foot (14 m) tower. This was heavily damaged in the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 and was torn down in 1947 and replaced by a skeleton tower. The keeper's house was also destroyed. The skeleton tower was discontinued in 2005. Only a stone oil house remains from the lighthouse station, missing its door and roof.
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Cuttyhunk Light
Cuttyhunk Light was a lighthouse at the west end of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.First established in 1823, it was rebuilt several times. The last lighthouse was built in 1891, with a 5th order Fresnel Lens in a 45-foot (14 m) tower. This was heavily damaged in the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 and was torn down in 1947 and replaced by a skeleton tower. The keeper's house was also destroyed. The skeleton tower was discontinued in 2005. Only a stone oil house remains from the lighthouse station, missing its door and roof.
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Cuttyhunk Light was a lighthou ...... on, missing its door and roof.
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Der Cuttyhunk-Leuchtturm (Engl ...... Der Turm wurde 2005 entfernt.
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The 1915 Lighthouse, USCG photo
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Cuttyhunk Light was a lighthou ...... on, missing its door and roof.
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Der Cuttyhunk-Leuchtturm (Engl ...... erhielt er eine Fresnel-Linse.
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