Newburyport Harbor Light

Lighthouse

42°48′54.83″N 70°49′8.18″W / 42.8152306°N 70.8189389°W / 42.8152306; -70.8189389TowerConstructed1788FoundationConcrete
(originally wood)ConstructionWoodAutomated1951Height13.5 m (44 ft)

ShapeConicalMarkingsWhite with black lanternHeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place

Fog signalnoneLightFirst lit1898 (current structure)Focal height50 feet (15 m)Lens4th order Fresnel LensRange10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)CharacteristicOc (2) G 15s

Newburyport Harbor Light

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)MPSLighthouses of Massachusetts TRNRHP reference No.87001485^[1]Added to NRHPJune 15, 1987

The Newburyport Harbor Light, also known as Plum Island Light, built in 1788, is a historic lighthouse on Northern Boulevard in Newburyport, Massachusetts.^[2]^[3]

The original 4th order Fresnel lens is still in use, one of only five original glass Fresnel lenses still in use in Massachusetts.^[4]

The light is now owned by the City of Newburyport and is leased to the Friends of Plum Island Light.^[5]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Newburyport Harbor Light on June 15, 1987, reference number 87001485.^[1]

The original, 1793 tower.
U.S. Coast Guard photo

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-06. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 4.
^ "Classical Lenses in Operation" (PDF). US Coast Guard. 2009-08-06.
^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-09-06). "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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