Dumpling Rocks Light

Dumpling Rock Light
US Coast Guard photo of the 1889 structure

Location	Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°32′17.8″N 70°55′17.1″W / 41.538278°N 70.921417°W / 41.538278; -70.921417Coordinates: 41°32′17.8″N 70°55′17.1″W / 41.538278°N 70.921417°W / 41.538278; -70.921417
Year first constructed	1829 (first tower)
Year first lit	1889 (last tower)
Automated	1942
Deactivated	1942 replaced by skeleton tower (below)
Tower shape	Square wood tower attached to house
Markings / pattern	Black lantern on white tower and house
Original lens	Fourth and fifth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	F W with R sector
Fog signal	Second class Daboli trumpet, 1 every 15s ^[1]

Dumpling Rocks Light 7

Location	Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°32′17.8″N 70°55′17.1″W / 41.538278°N 70.921417°W / 41.538278; -70.921417
Year first constructed	1942
Automated	1942
Construction	Skeleton tower
Markings / pattern	Square Green Daymark
Focal height	52 feet (16 m)
Range	8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic	Fl G 6s
Fog signal	none
USCG number	1-16040 ^[2]

Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which in turn replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.

References

↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-01.
↑ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 143.

Lighthouses of Massachusetts

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