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Edgartown Harbor Light (Edgartown Light)
Edgartown,
Massachusetts
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General Information
Date Established: 1828
Date Present Tower Built: 1875
Date Automated: 1939
Height of Tower: 45 ft.
Height of Focal Plane: 45 ft.
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Open to Public?: Grounds only
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Description
Made of cast iron and had a fourth order fresnel lens. In 1990 given a 250 mm solar powered. Flashes red every six seconds. In 1985 was refurbished. In 1994 the license was transferred to the Martha's Vineyard Historical Society. In 1938 the tower was destroyed and replace by an 1873 tower from Ispwich.
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Date posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006
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