Graves Lighthouse
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
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Location: Outer Boston Harbor; entrance to Broad Sound Channel
Coordinates: 42 21 54 N 70 52 09 W View Graves Lighthouse in a larger map |
Accessibility: The lighthouse is privately owned and is not open to the public. It can be seen from points along the shore in Winthrop (Shore Drive), Hull (Nantasket Beach), and Nahant, but is best seen by boat.
Click here for the Graves Light Station website. Station established: 1905 Present lighthouse built: 1905 Automated: 1976 Construction material: Granite Other buildings still standing: Oil house Height of tower: 113 feet Height of focal plane: 98 feet
Characteristic: Two white flashes every 12 seconds
Fog signal: Two blasts every 20 seconds |
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