Bishop and Clerks Light

Lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States

Lighthouse

41°34′27.32″N 70°15′0.2″W / 41.5742556°N 70.250056°W / 41.5742556; -70.250056TowerConstructed1858 (original), 1998FoundationGraniteConstructionGranite (original)
FiberglassAutomated1923 (original)Height59.5 feet (18.1 m) from base to center of lantern (original)
30 feet (9.1 m)ShapeCylindricalMarkingsGray granite tower, black lantern, lead colored fog bell tower on west side (original)
White with red bandFog signalBell every 15 seconds^[1]^[2] (original)LightFirst lit1998

Deactivated1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG (original)Focal height45 feet (14 m)Lens4th order Fresnel lens (original)Range14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)CharacteristicFl W 30s with red sector(original)
Fl W 6s (current)

Bishop and Clerks Light is a lighthouse located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]^[1]

The light was established in a granite tower in 1858.^[4] It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952.^[5]^[6] It was replaced with a white 30-foot pyramidal day beacon.^[7]^[8] The day beacon was replaced with a round, orange and white 30-foot tower placed on top of the original Bishop & Clerk's granite base in 1998.^[9]^[1]^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-14). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010. p. 128.
^ Elinor De Wire (2008). The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Voyageur Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-61060-525-0.
^ Edward Rowe Snow (2005). The Lighthouses of New England. Applewood Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-933212-20-3.
^ Tim Harrison; Ray Jones (1999). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. Globe Pequot Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7627-0443-9.
^ "Bishop and Clerks Light history".
^ "Bishops and Clerks Lighthouse". Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
^ Crocker, Dave (June 29, 2012). "The little lighthouse that is no more". Barnstable Patriot. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
^ "Bishop and Clerks Lighthouse".