Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Cuttyhunk Light was a lighthouse at the west end of Cuttyhunk Island Massachusetts.First established in 1823 it was rebuilt several times. The last lighthouse was built in 1891 with a 5th order Fresnel Lens in a 45-foot (14 m) tower. This was heavily damaged in the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 and was torn down in 1947 and replaced by a skeleton tower. The keeper’s house was also destroyed. The skeleton tower was discontinued in 2005.
