Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations on Cape Ann by Paul St. Germain

Author:Paul St. Germain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: unknown
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2014-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Because the first lighthouse was situated 500 feet too far from the point of the island it was intended to warn against, a new one was ordered. In 1851, construction began on the 24-foot-tall octagonal stone tower shown here at a location 87 yards closer to the island’s point. (USCG.)

A fixed sixth-order Fresnel lens was added in 1857. It eventually was changed to a beacon with a six-second white blinking light. Henry F. Low of Rockport was appointed the keeper on August 2, 1849. The longest-serving keeper was Nehemiah Knowlton, who lived at the lighthouse for 14 years between 1893 and 1912. (SBHS.)

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