July 24th 2015 The Boston Harbor Light, Boston Massachusetts

Also saw a view of this light from the Hull Lifesaving Station in Hull Massachusetts.  I had previously toured this light on a Boston Harbor Tour.  

The view from Hull Lifesaving Museum

Boston Light
Location	Little Brewster Island Boston, Massachusetts
Year first constructed	1716
Year first lit	1783 (current tower)
Automated	1998
Deactivated	1776-1783 and during WWII.
Foundation	Granite Ledge
Construction	Masonry, Rubble Stone with brick lining
Tower shape	Conical
Markings / pattern	White with five steel bands and black trim
Height	89 feet (27 m)
Focal height	102 feet (31 m)
Original lens	Tallow candles installed in 1716
Current lens	2nd order Fresnel lens
Intensity	1,800,000 candlepower
Range	27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi)
Characteristic	Flashing white every 10 seconds.
Fog signal	HORN: 1 every 30s
USCG number	1-425[1][2]
Boston Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	Little Brewster Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′40.855″N 70°53′24.266″W / 42.32801528°N 70.89007389°W / 42.32801528; -70.89007389Coordinates: 42°19′40.855″N 70°53′24.266″W / 42.32801528°N 70.89007389°W / 42.32801528; -70.89007389
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1716
Governing body	COAST GUARD
MPS	Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR (AD)
NRHP Reference #	66000133[3][4]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966

Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. The current lighthouse dates from 1783, is the second oldest working lighthouse in the US (after Sandy Hook Lighthouse in New Jersey), and was the only lighthouse to still be actively staffed by the United States Coast Guard, being automated in 1998 though there are still volunteer keepers acting as tour guides. The structure was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.

• 1 History
• 2 Historical information from the Coast Guard web site
• 3 Today
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

History

The first keeper of Boston Light was George Worthylake, who drowned, along with his wife and daughter, when returning to the island in 1718. During the American Revolution, the original lighthouse was held by British forces and was attacked and burnt on two occasions by American forces. As the British forces withdrew in 1776, they blew up the tower and completely destroyed it. The lighthouse was eventually reconstructed in 1783, to the same 75-foot (23 m) height as the original tower. In 1856 it was raised to its present height of 98 feet (30 m) and a new lantern room was added along with a 12-sided second order Fresnel lens.