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The Highland Light (previously known as Cape Cod Light) is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. [2] [3] [4] The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831. It is the oldest and tallest lighthouse on Cape Cod. [5]
With Highland Light set to celebrate the completion of renovations, we thought we'd take a look at the history of one of Cape Cod's favorite beacons.
USS Highland Light (IX-48), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to have that name, which was retained from her previous owner. She was designed by Frank Payne and built by George Lawley & Son in 1931 for Dudley Wolfe , who raced her to the first under-three-day time in the Bermuda Race in 1932, a ...
Lighthouse State Reference 210 feet (64 m) Cape Hatteras Light: North Carolina [1] 191 feet (58 m) Cape Charles Light: Virginia [2] 175 feet (53 m) Ponce de Leon Inlet Light: Florida [3] 171 feet (52 m) Absecon Light: New Jersey [4] 169 feet (52 m) Cape Lookout Light: North Carolina 168 feet (51 m) Fire Island Light: New York 165 feet (50 m)
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LV-10 was originally purchased as a construction barge for the Lighthouse Service, then was converted to a lightship in 1887. It is unknown what became of this ship after it left service. [13] Lightship LV-11: 1854: 1925: Nantucket New South Shoal (1854–1855) Brenton Reef (1856–1897) Relief (1897–1902)
USS Hamul; HMS Heartsease (K15) HMS Heather (K69) HMS Hecla (1940) Japanese gunboat Heijo Maru; HMCS Hepatica; HMS Heythrop (L85) HMS Hibiscus (K24) USS Highland Light; Hoga (YT-146) HÅkoku Maru; HMS Holderness (L48) HMS Hollyhock (K64) HMS Honeysuckle (K27) HNoMS Honningsvåg; HMT Horatio (T153) USS Hornet (CV-8) HMS Howe (32) HMS Hyacinth (K84)
Race Point Light was first established in 1816, the third light on Cape Cod (after Highland Light (1797) and Chatham Light (1808). The original light was a 25 feet (7.6 m) rubblestone tower that featured one of the earliest rotating beacons, which distinguished it from others on Cape Cod.