Location: Cohasset Rocks, outside Boston Harbor
Nearest towns: Scituate and Cohasset
42 16 12 N
70 45 30 W
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The lighthouse is not open to the public. It can
be seen distantly from points along the shore of Cohasset and
Scituate, but is best seen by boat.
Station established: 1850; Present lighthouse built:
1860; Automated: 1947
Construction materials: Granite; Tower height: 114
feet; Height of focal plane: 85 feet
Earlier optic: Second-order Fresnel (1860), Third-order
Fresnel (1947); Present optic: 300 mm (solar powered)
Characteristic: Flashing white (1-4-3); Fog signal:
One blast every 10 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1858 keeper's house,
assistant keeper's house and oil house (all on Government Island,
Cohasset)
Active Coast Guard aid to navigation
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