Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light
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Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light is a historic lighthouse
on Water Street near the Merrimack River
in Newburyport, Massachusetts
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The lighthouse was built in 1873 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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....
on Water Street near the Merrimack River
Merrimack River
The Merrimack River is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport...
in Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport is a small coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, 35 miles northeast of Boston. The population was 21,189 at the 2000 census. A historic seaport with a vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes part of Plum Island...
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The lighthouse was built in 1873 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.