Nauset Light Nauset Beach
by Randall Branham
Title
Nauset Light Nauset Beach
Artist
Randall Branham
Medium
Photograph - Photography / Art
Description
At one time this light was the only lighthouse over a 15 mile stretch of land, along Nauset Beach.
In 1836, 21 residents of Eastham wrote to the Boston Marine Society asking for a lighthouse on Nauset Beach on the Atlantic shore of the Cape, halfway between Highland Light in North Truro and the twin lights at Chatham. Countless vessels had been wrecked on the Nauset Bars offshore.
Congress appropriated $10,000 for the new station on March 3, 1837. To distinguish the location from the single light in North Truro and the double lights at Chatham, it was determined that there would be three lighthouses at Nauset Beach. Capt. John "Mad Jack" Percival, a Cape Cod native who also commanded the U.S.S. Constitution for a time, selected the site for the station.
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August 1st, 2013
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Nadine and Bob Johnston
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