Palmers Island Lighthouse
New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Location: Entrance to New Bedford Harbor, Acushnet River
Coordinates: 41 37 36 N 70 54 36 W View Palmers Island Lighthouse in a larger map |
Maintained by: City of New Bedford
Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the public except by special arrangement. It can be reached on foot at low tide via the hurricane wall in New Bedford Harbor, and can be seen from the ferry from New Bedford to Cuttyhunk Island.
Station established: 1849
Automated: 1941 Deactivated: c. 1963 Relighted: 1999 Construction materials: Stone Tower height: 24 feet Height of focal plane: 34 feet Earlier optic: Fifth-order Fresnel lens (1857) Present optic: 250mm, solar powered (1999) Characteristic: White flash; two seconds on, six seconds off Previous lighthouse: Butler Flats Light Next lighthouse: Neds Point Light |
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