Spectacle Island Range Lights

Year Built

1897

Cost

$9,350

Type

Octagonal

Height

54 feet

Location

Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor

Automated Year

N/A

First Lit

1897

Lens Type

Fixed red reflector light

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

1913

Color

White, later white with red center stripe

Last Keeper - Date

Winfield L. Creed (1897 – 1913)

Description

Spectacle Lights were moved 15 feet to the South onto new masonry foundations. The brick oil house, two white dwellings remain.

Brief History

•  1896, The work of acquiring title to the necessary land through the courts was nearly completed. It is intended to complete the station this season.
•  1897, The buildings were erected under contract and the lights were established on May 20,1897.
•  1904, Both towers were moved about 15 feet in a southerly direction parallel with their former position, and provided with masonry foundations and lightning rods. The color of the towers was changed from white to lower third white, middle third red, and upper third white.
•  1904, Both towers were moved about 15 feet in a southerly direction parallel with their former position, and provided with masonry foundations and lightning rods.
•  1913, The 1897 Spectacle Island Range was discontinued on July 15, 1913.