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Graves Light

Boston Harbor, Massachusetts

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Graves Light
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Location: Outer Boston Harbor; entrance to Broad Sound Channel. Nearest town: Winthrop

42 21 54 N
70 52 09 W

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Accessibility: The lighthouse 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.

Station established: 1905; Present lighthouse built: 1905

Construction material: Granite

Height of tower: 113 feet; Height of focal plane: 98 feet

Original optic: First-order Fresnel. Present optic: VRB-25 (right)

Characteristic: Two white flashes every 12 seconds. Fog signal: Two blasts every 20 seconds

Other buildings still standing: Oil house

Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation

VRB-25

Related sites

Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands

Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area

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