Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights

New England Lighthouse Wallpaper Guide to

Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights

First Lit: April 10, 1903; Deactivated: 1940s
Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor
4 miles offshore from Boston, Massachusetts

Front Range Light Nautical Chart

Public Access:

Characteristic:

Original optic:

Day-mark:

Tower Height:

Fog signal:

First Keeper:

none

Fl W 5s [Flashing White every 5 seconds]

Fourth-order Fresnel lens

White Conical Shingled Wood-framed Tower with Black Lantern

? feet; Height of focal plane: 53 feet Range: ? miles

none

? Creed (c. 1906-1926)

Rear Range Light
337 Feet from the Front Range

Public Access:

Characteristic:

Original optic:

Day-mark:

Tower Height:

Fog signal:

First Keeper:

none

F R [Fixed Red]

Fourth-order Fresnel lens

White Conical Shingled Wood-framed Tower with Black Lantern

? feet; Height of focal plane: 70 feet Range: ? miles

none

? Creed (c. 1906-1926)

Notes:
(1) The Inner Range Lights were built to guide shipping through the newly opened Boston North Channel in Broad Sound.