Lovell's Island Range Lights

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Lovell’s Island Range Lights

First Lit: 1903;   Deactivated: 1939
Ram’s Head, Lovell’s Island, Boston Harbor
7 miles offshore from Boston, Massachusetts

Front Range Light
at Position: N 42° 19' 59", W 70° 55' 49" Nautical Chart

Public Access:

Characteristic:

Original optic:

Day-mark:

Tower Height:

First Keeper:    none, Demolished (2)

F W [Fixed White]

Fourth-order Fresnel Lens

White Conical Wood Tower with Black Lantern

26 feet;   Height of focal plane: 31 feet   Range: ? miles

Alfred G. Eisener

Rear Range Light
400 Feet from the Front Range

Public Access:

Characteristic:

Original optic:

Day-mark:

Tower Height:

Fog signal:

First Keeper:

none, Demolished (2)

Fl R 5s [Flashing Red every 5 seconds]

Fourth-order Fresnel Lens

White Conical Wood Tower with Black Lantern

37 feet; Height of focal plane: 40 feet Range: ? miles

?

Alfred G. Eisener

- Existing Oil House -

Notes:
(1) The Range Lights guided shipping through the South Channel of Broad Sound and entering President Roads shipping channel.

U.S. Coast Guard Photograph of Lovells Island Range Lights

(2) Both Range Lights were demolished by the government for the expansion of Fort Standish.