Dumpling Rocks Light
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Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay
, Massachusetts
. It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which in turn replaced the original stone lighthouse
established in 1829.
Buzzards Bay
Buzzards Bay is a bay along the southern edge of Massachusetts in the United States. The name may also refer to:*Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, a village in Bourne, Massachusetts*Buzzards Bay , the name of the horse that won the 2005 Santa Anita Derby...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which in turn replaced the original stone lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
established in 1829.