Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
West Chop Light is a lighthouse station located at the entrance of Vineyard Haven Harbor in Tisbury Massachusetts on the northern tip of West Chop a few miles from the village of Vineyard Haven.The first 25-foot (7.6 m) rubblestone lighthouse and dwelling were built on the bluffs of West Chop in 1817. Following constant erosion the lighthouse was moved back in 1830 and again in 1846.The first lightkeeper was pilot James Shaw West who tended the light for thirty years from 1818 to 1848.
