Nauset Lighthouse II
by Joan Carroll
Title
Nauset Lighthouse II
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
If you love Cape Cod Potato Chips, you surely know Nauset light which serves as its logo! Nauset Light was constructed in 1877 and was originally one of two lights in Chatham, MA. It was moved to Eastham in 1923 to replace the Three Sisters of Nauset, three small wood lighthouses that had been decommissioned. The light was automated and the keeper's house was sold in 1955. Due to coastal erosion, by the early 1990s Nauset Light was less than 50 feet (15 m) from the edge of the 70-foot (21 m) cliff on which it stood. In 1993, the Coast Guard proposed decommissioning the light. Following a great public outcry, the non-profit Nauset Light Preservation Society was formed and funded, and in 1995, it leased the lighthouse from the Coast Guard. The organization arranged for the light to be relocated, in November 1996, to a location 336 feet west of its original position -- which by then was only 37 feet from the cliff's edge. The move was accomplished successfully by International Chimney Corporation, which had moved the larger Highland Light a similar distance earlier that year. Service with the right to live in it for 25 years. It was agreed that the house would be moved from its original location, then only 23 feet from the edge of the cliff, to a new location near the relocated tower. This was accomplished in October, 1998. At about the same time, the Coast Guard gave the tower to the National Park Service and the Nauset Light Preservation Society agreed to maintain it as a private aid to navigation. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as Nauset Beach Light.
FEATURED PHOTO, USA Photographers Only group, 7/25/18
FEATURED PHOTO, Photography ONLY - Landscapes and Landmarks group, 11/6/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Atlantic Coast of the USA Places group, 10/27/15
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road To Self Promotion group, 10/26/15
Uploaded
October 26th, 2015
Statistics
Viewed 6,259 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/19/2024 at 6:41 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
