Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.

Bird Island Light is an historic lighthouse at the entrance to Sippican Harbor Marion Massachusetts.The current 37 feet (11 m)tower was built when the light was first established in 1819. Three months after it was first lit with William Moore as the keeper it was badly damaged by a storm. It was again severely damaged on September 8 1869 and again repaired. It was deactivated by the USCG in 1933. All of the buildings except the tower were destroyed in the hurricane of 1938.

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