Baughan's Northeast Guide to

Lighthouses on the Massachusetts coast,
Chatham through Gloucester

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Chatham Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse which is the only remaining tower of what once was three sets of twin towers.

Chatham Light - Black and white photograph showing 1877 tower with new lantern room.

Chatham Light - Large color photo and brief description.

Chatham Light - Black and white photograph showing 1877 single tower.

Chatham Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on the west side of Chatham Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Monomoy Point Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on Monomy Island off Cape Cod, near Chatham, Massachusetts.

Monomoy Point Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse located on what used to be a peninsula, but became two islands.

Monomoy Point Light - Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Stage Harbor Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Stage Harbor on Nantucket Sound, near West Chatham, Massachusetts.

Stage Harbor Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which is one of Cape Cod's most recently built.

Stage Harbor Light - Color photographs, history and directions on how to reach the lighthouse, which is also known as Harding Beach Light, by land.

Stage Harbor Light - Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Dartmouth

Dumpling Rocks Light - Black and white photo c.1889, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Dumpling Rocks Light - Black and white photo c.1829, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Dennis

Bass River Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse on lighthouse located in Bass River Harbor, near West Dennis.

Dukes County

Lighthouses of Martha's Vineyard - Photos and information on the five lighthouses on the island.

Duxbury

Duxbury (Bug) Light - Black and white photo of light station established in 1871.

Duxbury Pier Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse also known as Bug Light.

Duxbury Pier Light ("Bug Light") - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Duxbury Bay, near Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Project Bug Light - History and specifications on Bug Light and Gurnet Light, plus map locations and related links.

Eastham

Nauset Light - Large color photo and brief description.

Nauset Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on Cape Cod, near North Eastham, Massachusetts.

Nauset Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse whose Fresnel lens was replaced in 1981 by aerobeacons.

Nauset Light Preservation Society - In-depth information on how coastal erosion forced the move of the lighthouse, with photos. 

The Three Sisters - Color photographs, history and directions on how to reach the lighthouses by land.

Three Sisters Lights (Three Towers) - Photo plus information on lighthouse which has been relocated close to Nauset Light Beach, in Eastham, Massachusetts.

Three Sisters Lights (Three Towers) - Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Three Sisters of Nauset Lights - Photos plus information on lighthouses so named "because they look like ladies in white dresses wearing black hats".

Edgartown

Cape Poge (Pogue) Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Cape Poge (Pogue) Light - Black and white photo showing 1893 tower.

Cape Poge (Pogue) Light - Black and white photo showing 1844 tower.

Edgartown Harbor Light - Large color photo and brief description.

Edgartown Harbor Light - Black and white photo of the 1828 structure with new lantern room, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Edgartown Harbor Light - Black and white photo of the structure with the 1939 cast iron tower.

Edgartown Harbor Light - Black and white photo of the 1828 structure, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Edgartown Harbor Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Edgartown Harbor.

Fall River

Borden Flats Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse on the mouth of the Taunton River.

Borden Flats Light - Color photographs, history and directions on how to reach the lighthouse by land.

Borden Flats Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Mount Hope Bay/Taunton River near Fall River, Massachusetts.

Gloucester

Annisquam Harbor Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on Wigwam Point in Ipswich Bay, Annisquam, Massachusetts.

Annisquam Harbor Light - Black and white aerial photo plus data on light station established in 1801.

Annisquam Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse constructed to prevent mariners from running aground on Squam Bar.

Dog Bar Breakwater Light - Cylindrical tower attached to oil shed which was formerly lit by the Eastern Point Light keeper. Located at the end of Dog Bar breakwater.

Eastern Point Light - Large color photo with brief description.

Eastern Point Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located at the northernmost part of Gloucester Harbor.

Eastern Point Light - Black and white photograph showing 1832 tower.

Eastern Point Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which remains an active aid to navigation.

Eastern Point Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on the east side of Gloucester Harbor entrance, near Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Eastern Point Light - Black and white aerial photograph showing 1890 tower.

Ten Pound Island Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Gloucester Harbor, near Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Ten Pound Island Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse built in 1881.

Ten Pound Island Light - Black and white photograph showing 1881 tower.

Ten Pound Island Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which appears in several Winslow Homer paintings.

Ten Pound Island Light - Black and white photograph showing 1821 tower.

Ten Pound Light - Contemporary color photograph.
    

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