Sankaty Head Light
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The Sankaty Head Light is a lighthouse
located on Nantucket island
. It was built in 1850, was automated in 1965, and is still in operation.
In 1987, the Sankaty Lighthouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
as the Sankaty Head Light, reference number 87002028.
According to the National Park Service, only the lower part of the tower is original. The lantern and stairs are reproductions.
The lighthouse was moved away from an eroding bluff (approximately 400 feet) in October 2007.
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....
located on Nantucket island
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the coterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated. Part of the town is designated the Nantucket...
. It was built in 1850, was automated in 1965, and is still in operation.
In 1987, the Sankaty Lighthouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
as the Sankaty Head Light, reference number 87002028.
According to the National Park Service, only the lower part of the tower is original. The lantern and stairs are reproductions.
The lighthouse was moved away from an eroding bluff (approximately 400 feet) in October 2007.
National Register listing
- Sankaty Head Light
- (added 1987 - Structure - #87002028)
- Sankaty Head, Nantucket Island, Nantucket
- Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
- Architectural Style: No Style Listed
- Area of Significance: Maritime History, Engineering, Transportation
- Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850–1874, 1875–1899
- Owner: Federal
- Historic Function: Defense, Transportation
- Historic Sub-function: Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
- Current Function: Defense, Transportation
- Current Sub-function: Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
External links
- NPS - Historic light stations - Sankaty Head Light
- Sankaty Head Light History
- Moving of Sankaty Lighthouse Due To Erosion
- "Sankaty Light: 'I see Sankaty, the mariner’s friend!' The future of Nantucket's "blazing star", by Robert D. Felch. Originally published by the Nantucket Historical Association in the Historic Nantucket, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Summer 2007).
- Sankaty Light, 1849 from Nantucket Historical Association's Digital Exhibition: 'Sconset 02564