Wood End Light
Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is located at Wood End, near the southernmost extent of the Provincetown Spit, and acts as a navigational aid to vessels on their approach to Provincetown Harbor. The light was first illuminated on November 20, 1872 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1981, Wood End Light became the first Massachusetts lighthouse to be converted to use solar energy to power the light and fog signal equipment.
Wood End Light
Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is located at Wood End, near the southernmost extent of the Provincetown Spit, and acts as a navigational aid to vessels on their approach to Provincetown Harbor. The light was first illuminated on November 20, 1872 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1981, Wood End Light became the first Massachusetts lighthouse to be converted to use solar energy to power the light and fog signal equipment.
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Wood End Light Lookout Station ...... ight and fog signal equipment.
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building end date
1864 (lookout station)
1872 (lighthouse built)
height (μ)
1.18872e+1
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18,678,879
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723,919,870
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US Coast Guard photo, not dated.
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construction
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region:US_type:landmark
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above mean sea level
fogsignal
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Fifth-order Fresnel lens
longs
marking
White with black lantern
pushpin
pushpin map
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shape
Square, pyramidal
USCG
yearlit
subject
comment
Wood End Light Lookout Station ...... ight and fog signal equipment.
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Wood End Light
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name
Wood End Light
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