Butler Flats Light

Butler Flats Light

Lighthouse in 2007
Location New Bedford Channel, Acushnet River, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°36′13.5″N 70°53′40″W / 41.603750°N 70.89444°W / 41.603750; -70.89444Coordinates: 41°36′13.5″N 70°53′40″W / 41.603750°N 70.89444°W / 41.603750; -70.89444
Year first constructed 1898
Year first lit 1898
Automated 1978
Foundation Cast iron/Concrete Caisson
Construction Brick
Tower shape Conical on cylindrical base
Markings / pattern White tower with black base and lantern
Focal height 53 feet (16 m)
Original lens Fifth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic Flashing white 4s
Admiralty number J0498
ARLHS number USA-099
USCG number

1-16853 [1] [2] [3]

Butler Flats Light Station
Area less than one acre
Architect F. Hopkinson Smith
MPS Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP Reference #

87001530

[4]
Added to NRHP June 15, 1987

Butler Flats Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located in the outer harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the mouth of the Acushnet River. It is currently operated by the City of New Bedford. The lighthouse is not open to the public, but is easily visible from the shore along East Rodney French Boulevard in New Bedford as well as other points along the city's waterfront. It is a caisson tank light with a total height of 53 feet (16 m), and is set on a concrete foundation set on the muddy bottom of the harbor. Built in 1898, it included living quarters for a staff of seven, who maintained the light and its associated fog signal. The station was automated in 1978.[5]

The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Butler Flats Light Station on June 15, 1987.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  2. ↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 151.
  3. ↑ Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-15). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  5. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Butler Flats Light". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
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