Canal Breakwater Light
Canal Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Canal Breakwater Light is situated nearby to Town Beach, as well as near the dock Scusset Harbor.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandwich Glass Museum and Canal Generating Plant.
Sandwich Glass Museum
Museum
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Sandwich Glass Museum is a town history museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts, featuring a wide range of rare glass, including Victorian era glass manufactured by the now defunct local Boston & Sandwich Glass Factory, founded in Sandwich by Deming Jarves in 1825. Sandwich Glass Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Canal Breakwater Light.
Canal Generating Plant
Power station
The Canal Generating Plant is a petroleum and natural gas electrical power station in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Canal 1, a baseload unit, began operation in 1968 and was for many years the most efficient oil burning plant in the US. Canal Generating Plant is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Canal Breakwater Light.
Wing Fort House
Museum
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Wing Fort House is a historic house at Spring Hill Road in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, located within the Spring Hill Historic District. It was built in 1641 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Wing Fort House is situated 2½ miles southeast of Canal Breakwater Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandwich and Sagamore Beach.
Sandwich
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Sandwich is on Cape Cod in Massachusetts at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, and includes the villages of East Sandwich and Forestdale. It is the oldest town on the Cape, settled in 1637.
Sagamore Beach
Hamlet
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Sagamore Beach is a village on Cape Cod, in the town of Bourne, Massachusetts, United States. The northern half of the Sagamore census-designated place, Sagamore Beach faces Cape Cod Bay, and the Cape Cod Canal courses through it. Sagamore Beach is situated 2½ miles northwest of Canal Breakwater Light.
Sagamore
Village
Canal Breakwater Light
- Type: Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.7798° or 41° 46′ 47″ northLongitude
-70.48981° or 70° 29′ 23″ westOpen location code
87HFQGH6+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 13803617309OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Town Beach and Scusset Harbor.
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