Wood End Light

Wood End Light

US Coast Guard photo, not dated.
Location	Provincetown, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°1′16.4″N 70°11′36.6″W / 42.021222°N 70.193500°WCoordinates: 42°1′16.4″N 70°11′36.6″W / 42.021222°N 70.193500°W
Year first constructed	1864 (lookout station) 1872 (lighthouse built)
Year first lit	1872[1]
Automated	1961[1]
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Brick
Tower shape	Square, pyramidal
Markings / pattern	White with black lantern (originally painted brown)[1]
Height	39 feet (12 m)
Focal height	45 feet (14 m) above mean sea level
Original lens	Fifth-order Fresnel lens[1]
Current lens	VRB-25
Range	13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic	Fl Red 10s (Red flash every 10 seconds)
Fog signal	Horn:one 3-second blast every 30 seconds Prior (1902): 1,000 lb (450 kg) fog bell
ARLHS number	USA-904
USCG number	1-13270[2][3][4]
Wood End Light Lookout Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Built	1872
Architect	Unknown
MPS	Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP Reference #	87001504[5]
Added to NRHP	June 15, 1987

Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is located at Wood End, near the southernmost extent of the Provincetown Spit, and acts as a navigational aid to vessels on their approach to Provincetown Harbor.

The light was first illuminated on November 20, 1872 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1981, Wood End Light became the first Massachusetts lighthouse to be converted to use solar energy to power the light and fog signal equipment.^[1][6]

Wood End Light, 2009

References

1. "Wood End Light Lookout Station". Maritime History of Massachusetts, a National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
2. Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2013. p. 114.
3. Rowlett, Russ (2010-03-10). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
5. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
6. "Lighthouses of Massachusetts - Thematic Group Nomination (National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form)" (PDF). National Park Service. 4 May 1987. p. Item 7, Page 5. Retrieved 6 November 2014.