Edgartown Lighthouse
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 41 23 27 N 70 30 11 W
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Active aid to navigation. Maintained by: Martha's Vineyard Museum
Accessibility: The lighthouse is open to the public from late May to mid-October. Click here for the schedule. The grounds are open all year.
Station established: 1828
Current lighthouse tower built: 1881 (moved from Ipswich in 1939) Automated: 1939 Construction material: Cast iron Tower height: 45 feet Height of focal plane: 45 feet Earlier optic: Fourth order Fresnel lens Current optic: 250 mm, solar-powered (below) Characteristic: Flashing red every six seconds
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