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Bird Island Light

Marion, Massachusetts

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Location: Entrance to Sippican Harbor, Buzzards Bay; Nearest town: Marion

41 40 12 N
70 42 58 W
 
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Station established: 1819; Current lighthouse tower built: 1819. Deactivated 1933-1997; relighted 1997

Construction material: Stone; Tower height: 31 feet; Height of focal plane: 37 feet

Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the public and is best seen by boat.

Private aid to navigation maintained by:

Bird Island Lighthouse Preservation Society

2 Spring Street

Marion, MA 02738

Phone: (508) 748-0550

lens

Earlier optic: Fourth order Fresnel lens (1856)

Present optic: 300 mm, solar powered, Characteristic: White flash every six seconds

Related sites

Town of Marion

Ghosts of the Massachusetts Lights

Roseate tern fact sheet

Aerial photo of Bird Island

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