Buzzards Bay Entrance Light
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1961 Texas Tower
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Location | Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts |
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Year first constructed | 1847 (lightships) 1961 (Texas Tower) 1997 (current structure) |
Automated | 1980 |
Foundation | Steel piles filled with concrete |
Construction | Steel |
Tower shape | Tower, on red square on 3 piles with large tube in center |
Markings / pattern | Red, with "BUZZARDS" |
Focal height | 67 feet (20 m) |
Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 2.5s |
Fog signal | HORN: 2 every 30s |
Racon | "B" (Bravo) |
Admiralty number | J0480 |
ARLHS number | USA-100 |
USCG number | 1-630[1][2][3] |
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light is a lighthouse located in open water at the entrance to Buzzards Bay, about four nautical miles west southwest of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.
The light has a racon showing the letter "B".[2] The new light tower is similar to the new Ambrose Light built in 1999 but dismantled in 2008 after a ship struck it.
In 1996 the present structure replaced a Texas Tower built in 1961, which in turn had replaced the lightships Hens & Chickens (LV-5) and Vineyard Sound (LV-10). Since it sits in water 50 ft (15m) deep, a conventional lighthouse would have been difficult, forcing the choice of structure.[1]
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