Bishop and Clerks Light

Bishop and Clerks Light
Bishop and Clerks Light, 2005

Location	Hyannis, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°34′27.32″N 70°15′0.2″W / 41.5742556°N 70.250056°W / 41.5742556; -70.250056Coordinates: 41°34′27.32″N 70°15′0.2″W / 41.5742556°N 70.250056°W / 41.5742556; -70.250056
Year first constructed	1858 (original)
Year first lit	1998
Automated	1923 (original)
Deactivated	1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG (original)
Foundation	Granite
Construction	Granite (original) Fiberglass
Tower shape	Cylindrical
Markings / pattern	Gray granite tower, black lantern, lead colored fog bell tower on west side (original) White with red band
Height	59.5 feet (18.1 m) from base to center of lantern (original) 30 feet (9.1 m)
Focal height	45 feet (14 m)
Original lens	4th order Fresnel lens (original)
Range	14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 30s with red sector(original) Fl W 6s (current)
Fog signal	Bell every 15 seconds^[1]^[2] (original)
Admiralty number	J0426.68
ARLHS number	USA-058
USCG number	1-14490^[3]^[1]

Bishop and Clerks Light is a lighthouse located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

The light was established in a granite tower in 1858.^[4] It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952.^[5]^[6] The Coast Guard has erected a fiberglass pole on the site with a light on top.

References

1 2 Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-14). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010. p. 128.
↑ Elinor De Wire (2008). The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Voyageur Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-61060-525-0.
↑ Edward Rowe Snow (2005). The Lighthouses of New England. Applewood Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-933212-20-3.
↑ Tim Harrison; Ray Jones (1999). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. Globe Pequot Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7627-0443-9.

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