Fort Pickering Lighthouse
Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light, is a lighthouse built in 1871 and discontinued by the Coast Guard in 1969. It was relit as a private aid to navigation by the City of Salem in 1983.
- Lighthouse
- …lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 metre)
- …is operated by Privately Maintained
- …dates from 1871
- …stands 28 feet (8.5 metres) tall
- Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as“Fort Pickering Light”“Winter Island Light”
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Fort Pickering Lighthouse
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Latitude
42.52648° or 42° 31′ 35″ north
Longitude
-70.86646° or 70° 51′ 59″ west
Open location code
87JFG4GM+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = maritime
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = lighthouse
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