Minot's Ledge Light
Minots Light in a storm | |
| Location | Offshore Scituate, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°16′11″N 70°45′33″W / 42.26971°N 70.75914°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1850 (first tower) |
| Foundation | Stone ledge |
| Construction | Granite |
| Automated | 1947 |
| Height | 87 feet (27 m) |
| Shape | Conical |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark |
| Fog signal | Horn: 1 every 10s |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1860 (current tower) |
| Deactivated | 1851-1860 |
| Focal height | 85 feet (26 m) |
| Lens | 3rd order Fresnel lens (original), 300 millimetres (12 in) (current) |
| Range | 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) |
| Characteristic | Flashing white (1+4+3) 45s |
Minot's Ledge Light | |
| Location | Minots Ledge, Scituate, Massachusetts |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architect | Totten, Gen. Joseph D.; Alexander, Lt. Barton S. |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001489 |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 1987 |
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Minot's Ledge Light, officially Minots Ledge Light, is a lighthouse on Minots Ledge, one mile offshore of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts, to the southeast of Boston Harbor.The current lighthouse is the second on the site, the first having been washed away in a storm after only a few months of use.