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75000158 [1] Added to NRHP. May 2, 1975. The Marconi Wireless Station Site in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA is the site of the first transatlantic wireless communication between the United States of America and Europe, on January 18, 1903. [2] At this location, now part of the Cape Cod National Seashore (though no admission is charged if ...
The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The approximately 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) canal traverses the neck of land joining Cape Cod to the state's mainland. It mostly follows tidal rivers widened to 480 ...
25-74385. GNIS feature ID. 0618261. Website. www .wellfleet-ma .gov. Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, and is located halfway between the "tip" and "elbow" of Cape Cod. The town had a population of 3,566 at the 2020 census, [1] which swells nearly sixfold during the summer. [2]
The homestead included a 1730 Cape Cod-style house. Now known as the Atwood-Higgins House, it is one of the oldest in the region." But Higgins didn't stop there.
Designated CP. November 22, 2011. 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.
Cape Cod. / 41.68°N 70.2°W / 41.68; -70.2. Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months.
Demolished in the 1960s, now the headquarters of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Camp Wellfleet is a former United States military training camp. It occupies about 1,738 acres (7.03 km 2) of land located along the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The 548th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (75mm Gun) used the ...
The village of Sagamore Beach is primarily a residential area. As of 2021, it had a resident population of 4.23 thousand people, an 11.5% year-on-year increase compared to 2020. Its median household income was $106,917 USD, 51% higher than the national median, and 20% higher than the state median ($89,026 USD).