Bishop and Clerks Light explained

Coordinates:41.5743°N -70.2501°W
Yearbuilt:1858 (original), 1998
Automated:1923 (original)
Yeardeactivated:1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG (original)
Foundation:Granite
Construction:Granite (original)
Fiberglass
Shape:Cylindrical
Marking:Gray granite tower, black lantern, lead colored fog bell tower on west side (original)
White with red band
Height: from base to center of lantern (original)
Lens:4th order Fresnel lens (original)
Characteristic:Fl W 30s with red sector(original)
Fl W 6s (current)
Fogsignal:Bell every 15 seconds (original)

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.[1]

The light was established in a granite tower in 1858.[2] It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952.[3] [4] It was replaced with a white 30-foot pyramidal day beacon.[5] [6] 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.[7] [1] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. 2009-12-14.
  2. Book: Elinor De Wire. The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. 2008. Voyageur Press. 978-1-61060-525-0. 122.
  3. Book: Edward Rowe Snow. The Lighthouses of New England. 2005. Applewood Books. 978-1-933212-20-3. 315.
  4. Book: Tim Harrison. Ray Jones. Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. registration. 1999. Globe Pequot Press. 978-0-7627-0443-9. 30.
  5. Web site: Bishop and Clerks Light history.
  6. Web site: Bishops and Clerks Lighthouse . 2019-07-12 . 2016-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160501074013/http://www.bassriveryc.org/bishop.htm . dead .
  7. News: Crocker . Dave . June 29, 2012 . The little lighthouse that is no more . Barnstable Patriot . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182503/http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29414&Itemid=306 . September 23, 2015.
  8. Web site: Bishop and Clerks Lighthouse.