Scituate Light is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on November 13th, 2013.
Scituate Light
It was just about to pour rain when I visited Scituate Light on Cedar Point in Scituate, MA, providing a dramatic backdrop to the lighthouse. The... more
by Joan Carroll
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Title
Scituate Light
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
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It was just about to pour rain when I visited Scituate Light on Cedar Point in Scituate, MA, providing a dramatic backdrop to the lighthouse. The keeper's house is a private residence so once you drive up close to the lighthouse, this is about all you can see. According to Wikipedia, the current keeper is Bob Gallagher, a History teacher at Marshfield High School in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Historically, Another source says that the keeper's house is rented out to help fund the maintenance of the site. Historically, The town of Scituate developed a significant fishing industry by the late eighteenth century, owing to its small but protected harbor, sheltered by Cedar Point to the north and First Cliff to the south. Entering the harbor was difficult because of shallow water and mud flats. Local citizens petitioned the town's selectmen for a lighthouse in 1807. The selectmen convinced the federal government to appropriate $4,000 in 1810 for the building of a lighthouse at the harbor entrance at Cedar Point. Three men from the nearby town of Hingham built the lighthouse, finishing it in September 1811, two months ahead of schedule. The 25-foot-tall stone tower was accompanied by a one-and-a-half-story keeper's house, an oil vault, and a well. The lighthouse went into service in April 1812. The light had a short history, being deactivated in 1860 and fell to ruin. It was sold to the Town of Scituate in 1917. A replica lantern was installed in in 1930. In 1968 the Scituate Historical Society took over the lighthouse and keeper's house. The lighthouse was relighted in 1991 but the light was visible from land only. Three years later the lighthouse because a private aid to navigation with a flashing white light.
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November 13th, 2013
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (September 14, 2018)
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