LW4895 - Clarks Point Lighthouse - New Bedford, MA
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N 41° 35.590 W 070° 54.039
19T E 341590 N 4606352
Clarks Point Light is located on top of Fort Rodman. Fort Rodman is located at the end of Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford, MA. The area around the fort is now a park, the fort its self is NOT open to the public.
Waymark Code: WMMRJH
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2014
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Clarks Point Light is located on top of Fort Rodman. Fort Rodman is located at the end of Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford, MA. The area around the fort is now a park, the fort its self is NOT open to the public.
Location: In BRISTOL county, MA
Datasheet Designation: CLARKS POINT LIGHTHOUSE
Marker Type: lighthouse
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1887 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
01/01/1963 by CGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)
NO DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AVAILABLE.
The Clark`s Point Lighthouse, and the light keeper's quarters were relocated to the top, western corner of the 2nd tier of the fort in 1880.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: CLARKS POINT LIGHTHOUSE
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast Guard
Benchmark Agency (if other): N/A
Monumentation type: Lighthouse
Monumentation type (if other): N/A
County: Bristol
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Providence
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): N/A
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: LW4895
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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