{"id":1274,"date":"2014-03-27T18:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2014-03-27T18:30:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T18:30:11","slug":"twin-lights-at-the-gurnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2014\/03\/27\/twin-lights-at-the-gurnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin lights at the Gurnet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twin lights at the Gurnet, circa 1920<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though not in town, the lighthouse at the Gurnet — formally known as the Plymouth Light Station — is familiar to many Kingstonians.<\/p>\n

The Massachusetts legislature authorized the\u00a0first lighthouse on the Gurnet in\u00a01768; \u00a0it\u00a0burned to the ground in 1801. \u00a0The federal government replaced the original with\u00a0a pair of towers, which served for the next 41 years.\u00a0 \u00a0Our photo shows the twin wooden towers built in 1842 to replace the earlier pair. \u00a0The two lights stood together until 1924, when the northeast tower was taken down.<\/p>\n

The current tower stands 39 feet tall, 102 feet above water; it is wood framed and shingled. The light flashes an alternating single, then double white every 20 seconds, with a red sector marking the Mary Ann Rocks. \u00a0In 1977, the light was placed on the\u00a0National Register of Historic Places. It is the oldest freestanding wooden lighthouse in the United States.<\/p>\n

In 1997, the Coast Guard moved the remaining tower\u00a0140 feet north, away\u00a0from the eroding cliff. Two years later, the light was turned over to the nonprofit \u00a0Project Gurnet & Bug Lights Inc<\/a>., which manages the two.<\/p>\n

Sources: Photo from the MC21 Hathaway Collection; text from the “Plymouth Light”\u00a0Wikipedia entry<\/a>,\u00a0a report from\u00a0the Coast Guard Historian’s Office<\/a>,\u00a0an article on\u00a0Lighthouse Friends<\/a>, and the Project Gurnet site noted above.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more, visit the\u00a0Kingston Public Library<\/a>, and the\u00a0Local History Room<\/a>, and the full blog at piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though not in town, the lighthouse at the Gurnet — formally known as the Plymouth Light Station — is familiar to many Kingstonians. The Massachusetts legislature authorized the\u00a0first lighthouse on the Gurnet in\u00a01768; \u00a0it\u00a0burned to the ground in 1801. \u00a0The federal government replaced the original with\u00a0a pair of towers, which served for the next 41 … <\/p>\n

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