Bishop and Clerks Light
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Bishop and Clerks Light is a lighthouse
located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts
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The light was established in a granite tower in 1858. It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and destroyed in 1952. The Coast Guard has erected a fiberglass pole on the site with a light on top.
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer to Hyannis as the "Capital of the Cape"...
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The light was established in a granite tower in 1858. It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and destroyed in 1952. The Coast Guard has erected a fiberglass pole on the site with a light on top.