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Dumpling Rocks Light

US Coast Guard photo of the 1889 structure
Location	Dumpling rocks, Barnstable County, US
Coordinates	41°32′18″N 70°55′17″W / 41.53828°N 70.92142°W / 41.53828; -70.92142
Tower
Constructed	1889
Height	14 m (46 ft)
Shape	square wood tower attached to house
Markings	white (tower), black (lantern)
Fog signal	Second class Daboli trumpet, 1 every 15s
Light
First lit	1889
Deactivated	1942
Focal height	16 m (52 ft)
Lens	fourth order Fresnel lens, fifth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	F WR
Dumpling Rocks Light 7
An electrician replaces the lantern with a self-contained LED light in 2016
Constructed	1942
Construction	skeleton tower
Markings	square green daymark
Fog signal	none
Focal height	52 ft (16 m)
Range	8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic	Fl G 6s

Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which in turn replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.

References

1. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
2. United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 143.

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