Location: Hospital Point, Beverly; main channel to
Salem Harbor; Nearest city: Beverly
42 32 47 N
70 51 23 W
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Accessibility: The station is closed to the public.
The lighthouse can be seen fairly well from the nearby road (Bayview
Ave.). It can be seen distantly fron the pier at Salem Willows
Park in Salem, but is best seen by boat. The Coast Guard opens
the lighthouse for tours on a Sunday each August as part of Beverly Homecoming Week.
On
Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 27, 2009, the lighthouse
will be open as part of the Essex National Heritage Commission’s Trails
& Sails event. Tours of the lighthouse will given by members of the
Coast Guard Auxiliary from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m on both days. You can find more information by clicking here.
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Station established: 1872; Automated: 1947
Construction material: Brick with granite foundation
Tower height: 45 feet; Height of focal plane: 70 feet
Characteristic: Fixed white; Optic: 3 1/2 order Fresnel
lens
Other buildings still standing: 1871 keeper's house,
1871 oil house, 1875 equipment building, 1942 garage
Active Coast Guard aid to navigation; home for the
commander of the U.S. Coast Guard First District
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