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in 1892; the appropriation was not passed until 1895. Two identical octagonal towers were constructed, each equipped with a red reflector light. Originally painted white, they were repainted with a red band in the midsection in 1904. At the same time the two towers were relocated 15 feet (4.6 m)
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had been built on the island, immediately adjacent to the older lights. The two sets of lights were often confused, and when it was proposed to discontinue the
Spectacle Island range because the channel had shifted, the discontinuance was objected to because it was thought the other range was going
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in Boston Harbor. They were established in 1897 and discontinued in 1913 after changes in the entrance channels to the harbor made them obsolete.
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Spectacle Island in 1909, showing the
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to be eliminated. The confusion was cleared up and the objections withdrawn, and the
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A range to mark the channel into Boston harbor was requested by the
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731:Newburyport Harbor Front Range
626:Fort Pickering (Winter Island)
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866:Lighthouses completed in 1897
741:Newburyport Harbor Rear Range
314:Spectacle Island Range Lights
208:29 ft (8.8 m)
20:Spectacle Island Range Lights
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871:Lighthouses in Boston
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681:Lovells Island Range
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781:Sankaty Head
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131:Construction
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641:Great Point
586:Derby Wharf
581:Deer Island
531:Brant Point
511:Bird Island
471:Lighthouses
164:Deactivated
108:Constructed
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65:Coordinates
860:Categories
776:Sandy Neck
771:Race Point
691:Mayo Beach
686:Marblehead
676:Long Point
636:The Graves
357:References
167:1913
123:Foundation
111:1897
16:Lighthouse
821:West Chop
726:Ned Point
601:East Chop
576:Cuttyhunk
556:Cape Poge
290:F R
230:F R
142:octagonal
836:Wood End
761:Plymouth
646:Highland
631:Gay Head
616:Egg Rock
551:Cape Ann
147:Markings
49:Location
561:Chatham
337:south.
328:History
126:masonry
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75:42°20′N
746:Nobska
721:Nauset
526:Boston
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265:Height
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