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Butler Flats Lighthouse

Butler Flats Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located in the outer harbor of , at the mouth of the . Built in 1898 by the United States Lighthouse Board, it is the only known caisson lighthouse designed by a marine architect.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Butler Flats Light” and “Butlers Flat Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clarks Point Light and Hazelwood Park.

Lighthouse
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The is located in . Originally constructed as a wooden tower, it was replaced with a stone tower in 1804. This in turn was replaced by a structure on the parapets of Fort Rodman which was deactivated in 1898. is situated 1 mile southwest of Butler Flats Lighthouse.

Park
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is a public park on Clark's Point in . The park occupies a plot of 23 acres on the west side of New Bedford's southern peninsula, between Rodney French Boulevard and Brock Avenue.

Fort
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is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Park in . is situated 1½ miles north of Butler Flats Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bliss Corner and Fairhaven.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in the town of in , , United States. The population was 5,280 at the 2010 census. is situated 2½ miles west of Butler Flats Lighthouse.

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is a town in , United States. It is located on the of Massachusetts where the flows into , an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.

Town
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New Bedford is in on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production. is situated 5 miles north of Butler Flats Lighthouse.

Butler Flats Lighthouse

Latitude
41.6038° or 41° 36′ 14″ north
Longitude
-70.89448° or 70° 53′ 40″ west
Open location code
87HFJ434+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 257496038
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
4931837
Wiki­data ID
Q5002608
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Butler Flats Lighthouse”. Photo: Lara, CC BY 2.0.