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| Location | Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°30′19.6″N 70°50′1.2″W / 42.505444°N 70.833667°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1835 replaced 1895 |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | Cast Iron (current) |
| Automated | 1960 |
| Height | 105 feet (32 m) |
| Shape | Square skeletal |
| Markings | Brown with black gallery and lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1835 (original light) |
| Focal height | 130 feet (40 m) |
| Lens | Sixth-Order Fresnel lens (original), 300 millimetres (12 in) (current) |
| Range | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fixed green |
Marblehead Light | |
| Location | Marblehead Neck, Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1835 |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001479[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 1987 |
Marblehead Light is situated on Marblehead Neck in Essex County, Massachusetts. The current tower is a skeletal structure that replaced the original 1835 brick and wood tower in 1895. It is the only tower of its type in New England, the next similar tower is to be found at Coney Island, New York. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, on June 15, 1987 as number #87001479 under Lighthouses of Massachusetts Thematic Group.[1]
The United States Coast Guard Light List[2] description is "Square skeleton tower; brown to gallery; black above". The actual light is 130 feet (40 m) above Mean High Water. Its fixed green light is visible for 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi).
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 5.