Eastern Point Light Station - Gloucester MA
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N 42° 34.868 W 070° 39.871
19T E 363408 N 4715644
Eastern Point Lighthouse is located in Gloucester MA and was listed on the register in 1987
Waymark Code: WM5D40
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2008
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Eastern Point, at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor, has been home to farms, a quarry, a Civil War fort, a number of summer residences and the Eastern Point Yacht Club. One of the most famous locations at Eastern Point is Beauport, a sprawling 40-room mansion that is now open as a museum. Among the visitors entertained at Beauport were Henry James, Amy Lowell, Booth Tarkington, Noel Coward and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The third and present Eastern Point Light was built in 1890 on the old foundation of the 1832 tower. The 36-foot brick lighthouse was attached to the keeper's house by a covered walkway.
Telephone lines reached Eastern Point Light Station in 1896, and the station received electricity in the following year. In 1901, the city water supply was extended to the station. A 4,000 pound steam-driven fog bell was put into operation in January 1907.
Eastern Point Light was automated in September 1985. About 20 neighbors attended the automation ceremony. The great-great-great grandson of the first keeper, local resident Carroll Wonson, was given the honor of being the last person to manually turn on the light. Cape Ann historian Joseph Garland said, "It's really one of the great lighthouses on the coast. This light's guided a hell of a lot of vessels in."
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