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682    LIGHT-HOUSES IN THE UNITED STATES.    t

Clark's Point. On said point, W. side of en-
trance to New Bedford harbor. Lat. 41° 35' 34".
Lon. 70° 54' 21". Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 52 feet.

Cutterhunk Island. On S. W. point of Cutter-
hunk Island, and S. of W. entrance to Buzzard's
Bay. Lat. 41° 24'52". Lon. 70° 57' 17". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 48 feet 6 inches.

Nantucket Light. On Great or Sandy Point,
the N. point of Nantucket Island. Lat. 41° 23'
24". Lon. 70° 3'1". Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 70 feet.

Nantucket Beacon. Nantucket harbor, Brant
Point. Lat.
41° 17'24". Lon. 70° 5' 51". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea,
40 feet.

Nantucket Harbor Light. Nantucket harbor, S.
side. Lat. 41° 16'. Lon. 70° 6'. Fixed. Har-
bor light.

Cape Poge. N. E. point, Martha's Vineyard.
Lat. 41° 25' 18". Lon. 70° 27' 19". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea,
55 feet.

Chatham, (2 lights.) Chatham harbor, inside.
Lat. 41° 40' 16". Lon. 69° 57' 12". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 70 feet. Two
lights, 70 feet apart.

Point Gammon. On said point, S. side of Cape
Cod, inside of entrance to Hyannis harbor. Lat.
41° 36' 35". Lon. 70° 16' 16". Fixed. Height
of lantern above the sea, 70 feet.

Holmes's Hole. On W. chop of Holmes's Hole
harbor. Lat. 41° 28' 57". Lon. 70° 36' 27".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 60 feet.

Tarpaulin Cove. W. side Tarpaulin Cove,
Vineyard Sound. Lat. 41° 28' 7". Lon. 70° 45'
45". Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea,
80 feet.

Bird Island. On said island in Buzzard's Bay,
E. side of entrance to Sippican harbor. Lat. 41°
40' 9". Lon. 70° 43' 21". Revolving.    Height

of lantern above the sea, 31 feet.

Monomoy Point. On Sandy Point, S. extrem-
ity Cape Cod. Lat. 41° 33' 35". Lon. 69° 59'
56". Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea,
33 feet.

Nobsque Point. On said point of Vineyard
Sound, E. S. E. of entrance to Wood's Hole.
Lat, 41° 30' 57". Lon. 70° 39' 37".    Fixed.

Height of lantern above the sea, 80 feet.

Dumpling Rock. Buzzard's Bay, S. S. W. of
New Bedford, and of Clark's Point light. Lat.
41° 32'17". Lon. 70° 55'36". Fixed.    Height

of lantern above the sea, 43 feet.

Edgartown. At entrance to Edgartown harbor,
Martha's Vineyard. Lat.
41° 23' 27". Lon. 70°
30' 29".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the
sea,
50 feet.

Ned's Point. Near Mattapoisett, E. New Bed-
ford. Lat. 41° 41' 1". Lon. 71° 2'. Fixed.

Nauset_ Beach, (3 beacon lights.) E. side Cape
Cod. Lat. 41° 51' 40". Lon. 69° 57'21". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 90 feet. Three
lights, 15 feet high, 50 yards apart.

Mayo's Beach, (Wellfleet.) Harbor light, in-
side Cape Cod, head of Wellfleet Bay. Lat. 42°
55'. Lon. 70° 2'. Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 30 feet.

Nantucket Cliff, (2 beacons.) In Nantucket
harbor. .. . Fixed. Height of lantern above the
sea,
150 feet. Two harbor beacon lights.

Sankaty Head. On Sankaty Head, at the S. E.
extremity of the Island of Nantucket, S. by W.
23 miles from Pollock's Rip light vessel, and S.
by
E. 9 miles from Nantucket Great Point light.

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Lat. 41° 16' 58". Lon. 69° 58' 16". Flashes in
1^ and 3 minutes. Lenticular light of 2d order.

Hyannis. At Hyannis, Barnstable co., at en-
trance to Hyannis harbor. Lat. 41° 38'. Lon.
70° 18'. Fixed.

Wing's Neck. On Wing's Neck, Sandwich, in
Buzzard's Bay... . Fixed.

Palmer's Island. On N. E. extremity of said
island, in New Bedford harbor.. .. Fixed. Height
of lantern above the sea, 27 feet.

Minot's Rock, (destroyed.) On said rocks, the
outermost of Cohasset Rocks, about 9 miles S. E.
\ E. from Boston light-house. Lat. 42° 16' 8".
Lon. 70° 45' 55". Revolving. Height of lantern
above the sea, 66feet. Blown down April 16,1851.

Parmet Harbor. On N. side of said harbor,
southerly end of Salt Works Tower of Truro.
. .. Fixed. Red light.

Floating Lights. Brandywine Shoal. Ton-
nage 129. Light boat sent to replace Minot's
Rock light-house, destroyed. Two lamps, 12 cy-
lindrical wicks each, one on the foremast, 42 feet,
the other on the after mast, 45 feet elevation.
Stationed here in 1851.

Tuckernuck Shoal. Tonnage 125. On Cross
Rip, N. W. of Nantucket. One lamp with 8 cylin-
drical wicks, elevated about 38 feet above the sea.

Vineyard Sound. Tonnage 145. Near the rocks
called 14 Sow and Pigs.'' Two lamps, 9 wicks each,
elevated, one 40, the other 50 feet above the sea.

Pollock's Rip. Tonnage 145. Off Chatham,
Ms. One lamp with 9 wicks, elevated about 40
feet.

RHODE ISLAND.

Newport. On S. point of Conanicut Island,
called Beaver Tail. Lat. 41° 26' 30". Lon. 71°
24' 24". Fixed. Height of lantern above the
so£i 98 feet*

Watch Hill. On Watch Point, S. E. of Ston-
ington, about 2 miles. Lat. 41° 18' 9". Lon. 71°
52' 3". Revolving. Height of lantern above the
sea, 73 feet.

Point Judith. On S. E. point of Narraganset
Shore, between, and nearly in a range with,
Beaver Tail and Block Island lights. Lat. 41°
21'35". Lon. 71° 29'25". Revolving. Height
of lantern above the sea, 74 feet.

Goat Island. On N. end of Goat Island, New-
port harbor. Lat. 41° 30'. Lon. 71° 19' 50".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 43 feet

Dutch Island. On S. end of Dutch Island.
Lat. 41° 29'30". Lon. 71° 26'. Fixed. Height
of lantern above the sea, 56 feet.

Warwick Neck. On S. end of Warwick Neck.
Lat. 41° 34'. Lon. 71° 29'. Fixed. Bay light.

Nayat Point. On Nayat Point, Providence
River. Lat.
41° 44'. Lon. 71° 22'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea,
38 feet. Bay
light.

Block Island, (2 lights.) On N. end of Block
Island. Lat. 41° 13' 24". Lon. 71° 35' 4".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 58 feet.
Two lights placed one on each end of the keeper's
house.

Poplar Point. Wickford, North Kingston. Lat.
41° 35'. Lon. 71° 26'40". Fixed. Bay light.

VERMONT.

Juniper Island. On Juniper Island, Lake
Champlain, S. side of entrance to Burlington
harbor. Lat. 44° 27'. Lon. 73° 13'. Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 95 feet.







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