Buzzards Bay Entrance Light

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Buzzards Bay Entrance Light
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Buzzards Bay Entrance Light is located in Massachusetts
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light
Location Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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]

References

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