Dumpling Rocks Light
Historic lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
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Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.[2] It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which had replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.
US Coast Guard photo of the 1889 structure | |
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| Location | Dumpling rocks, Barnstable County, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′18″N 70°55′17″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1889  |
| Height | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Shape | square wood tower attached to house |
| Markings | White (tower), black (lantern) |
| Fog signal | Second class Daboli trumpet, 1 every 15s[1] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1889 |
| Deactivated | 1942 |
| Focal height | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens, fifth order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | F WR |
| Dumpling Rocks Light 7 | |
.jpg) An electrician replaces the lantern with a self-contained LED light in 2016 | |
| Constructed | 1942 |
| Construction | skeleton tower |
| Markings | square green daymark |
| Fog signal | none |
| Focal height | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Range | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl G 6s |
