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]