- The Graves Light
Infobox_Lighthouse
caption =
location = Offshore Boston,Massachusetts
coordinates = coord|42|21|54.67|N|70|52|09.65|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1905
automated = 1972
yeardeactivated =
foundation =Granite
construction = Granite Block
shape = Conical
height = 113 feet, 98 feet above sea level
lens = first-orderFresnel lens
range = 15 nm
characteristic = Two white flashes every 12 seconds (0.1s on, 1.8s off, 0.1s on, 10s off). Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si).The Graves Light is a
lighthouse located on The Graves, the outermost island of theBoston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area , and some 11mile s offshore of downtown Boston,Massachusetts , USA. At 113 feet tall, it is the tallestlighthouse in the approaches to thePort of Boston , and is an important navigation aid for traffic to and from the port.cite web| title = The Graves Factsheet | url = http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=grav | publisher = Boston Harbor Islands Partnership | accessdate = August 3 | accessyear = 2006]Graves Light is the setting for the climactic storm in the 1948 film "
Portrait of Jennie ".The lighthouse was built in 1905, to a conical design using
granite blocks on a granite foundation, and equipped with a first-orderFresnel lens . Operated by theUnited States Coast Guard , the light was automated in 1972 and has a signature of two white flashes every 12 seconds.cite web| title = Historic Light Station Information & Photography - Massachusetts | url = http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHMA.html | publisher = United States Coast Guard | accessdate = August 5 | accessyear = 2006] cite web| title = Graves Lighthouse, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts | url = http://www.lighthouse.cc/graves/index.html | publisher = www.lighthouse.cc | accessdate = August 5 | accessyear = 2006]ee also
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Boston Light
*Lighthouses in the United States References
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