Nantucket Harbor Range Lights

Lighthouse

41°17′21″N 70°05′30″W / 41.2892°N 70.0917°W / 41.2892; -70.0917LightFirst lit1908

Nantucket Range Rear Light

Constructionlumber

Height46 ft (14 m)

ShapePyramidal Skeleton Tower^[1]^[2]^[3]MarkingsKRW

First lit1908

Focal height51 ft (16 m)

LensHigher intensity beam to seaward.CharacteristicF W

Nantucket Reef Range Front Light

Constructionlumber

Height30 ft (9.1 m)

ShapePyramidal Skeleton Tower^[1]^[2]^[3]MarkingsKRW

First lit1908

Focal height35 ft (11 m)

LensHigher intensity beam to seaward.CharacteristicQ W

The Nantucket Harbor Range Lights are range lights that were built in 1908 to guide vessels through the narrow channel to Nantucket Harbor. They replaced an older arrangement involving the Nantucket Beacon and the Brant Point Light, which became unusable when the latter was replaced with a new tower.

They display red and white vertical striped daymarks, type KRW, one of the twelve combinations used by the Coast Guard.

It is not known why the official USCG name of the front light, Nantucket Reef Range Front Light^[1] includes the word "reef".

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 135.
^ ^a ^b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-14. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ ^a ^b Rowlett, Russ (2009-09-14). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.