Nantucket Cliff Range Lights

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Nantucket Cliff Range Lights
Tower
Original installation from 1838

Location	Nantucket, Nantucket County, United States
Coordinates	41°17′N 70°07′W / 41.29°N 70.11°W / 41.29; -70.11
Constructed	1838


Nantucket Cliff Front Range Light
Construction	wood
Markings	white

First lit	1838
Deactivated	1912
Characteristic	F W

Nantucket Cliff Rear Range Light

Construction	wood
Markings	white

First lit	1838
Deactivated	1912
Characteristic	F W

The Nantucket Cliff Lights, also known as the Nantucket Cliff Range Lights were a set of range lights on Nantucket. Over the years, there were several sets of range lights to lead ships into Nantucket Harbor.^[1]^[2] The first were built in 1838. The second, a pair of conical white towers which still exist-owned by the Gilbreth family of "Cheaper by the Dozen" Fame-although not on the same site, were discontinued in 1912. The Gilbreth Family purchased the two latter range lights in 1921.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-09). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-08. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

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Lighthouse Friends page on Nantucket Cliff Range

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