Location - Offshore Cohasset, Massachusetts
Year first constructed - 1850 (first tower)
Year first lit - 1860 (current tower)
Automated - 1947
Deactivated - 1851-1860
Foundation - Stone ledge
Construction - Granite
Tower shape - Conical
Height - 87 feet (27 m)
Focal height - 85 feet (26 m)
Original lens - 3rd order Fresnel lens
Current lens - 300 millimetres (12 in)
Range - 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)
Characteristic - Flashing white (1+4+3) 45s
Fog signal - Horn: 1 every 10s
Admiralty number - J0360
ARLHS number - USA-502
USCG number - 1-440[1][2][3]
Minot's Ledge Light - U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location - Minots Ledge, Cohasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates - 42°16′11″N70°45′32.7″WCoordinates: 42°16′11″N 70°45′32.7″W
Area - 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built - 1855
Architect - Totten,Gen. Joseph D.; Alexander,Lt. Barton S.
Governing body - COAST GUARD
MPS - Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP Reference # - 87001489[4]
Added to NRHP - June 15, 1987
Year first constructed - 1850 (first tower)
Year first lit - 1860 (current tower)
Automated - 1947
Deactivated - 1851-1860
Foundation - Stone ledge
Construction - Granite
Tower shape - Conical
Height - 87 feet (27 m)
Focal height - 85 feet (26 m)
Original lens - 3rd order Fresnel lens
Current lens - 300 millimetres (12 in)
Range - 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)
Characteristic - Flashing white (1+4+3) 45s
Fog signal - Horn: 1 every 10s
Admiralty number - J0360
ARLHS number - USA-502
USCG number - 1-440[1][2][3]
Minot's Ledge Light - U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location - Minots Ledge, Cohasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates - 42°16′11″N70°45′32.7″WCoordinates: 42°16′11″N 70°45′32.7″W
Area - 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built - 1855
Architect - Totten,Gen. Joseph D.; Alexander,Lt. Barton S.
Governing body - COAST GUARD
MPS - Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP Reference # - 87001489[4]
Added to NRHP - June 15, 1987
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