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Egg Rock Light

Nahant, Massachusetts

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The 1897 Egg Rock Lighthouse

This lighthouse no longer exists.

Location: Near Lynn Beach and Nahant Beach, north of Boston Harbor.

Nearest town: Nahant

42 26 00 N
70 53 52 W
 
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Station established: 1856; Lighthouse rebuilt: 1898; Deactivated: 1922

1856 lighthouse: Height 21 feet; focal plane 86 feet.

1897 lighthouse: Height 32 feet; focal plane 90 feet.

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Town of Nahant

City of Lynn

Town of Swampscott

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Next lighthouse: Marblehead Light

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