Nobska Light, or Nobsque Light, also known as Nobska Point Light is a lighthouse located at the division between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in Woods Hole on the southwestern tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
First built in 1828, Nobska Light was rebuilt in 1876. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Nobska Point Light Station in 1987.
The home adjacent to the light serves as the residence for the Commanding Officer of United States Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England.
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History of Nobska Point
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Brick lined interior & spiral stairway
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Fourth Order Fresnel Lens at Nobska
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Vineyard Sound viewed through glass enclosure at Nobska Light
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Signage at Nobska
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Looking at Vineyard Sound through the lighthouse porthole!
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Local beach near Nobska Point, Woods Hole
Famous quotes containing the word light:
“Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.”
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)