Massachusetts
Barnstable County
Eastham

French Cable Hut

The French Cable Hut is a historic building in , near the Nauset Beach Light in . Built in 1891, the hut formed a linkage point in the transatlantic telegraph cable of the French Cable Company connecting the cable, where it came ashore near the present site to in .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nauset Light and Nauset Light Beach.

Lighthouse
Photo: JT de Fife, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, officially Nauset Beach Light, is a restored lighthouse on the near , erected in 1923 using the 1877 tower that was moved here from the .

Beach
is a one-mile-long beach on the east coast of outer in . It is part of . Historic , which visitors can tour, is just inland from the beach. is situated 350 feet east of French Cable Hut.

Lighthouse
Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The are a trio of historic lighthouses off Cable Road in . The original three brick towers fell into the sea due to erosion in 1890 and were replaced with wooden towers on brick foundations in 1892. is situated 1,300 feet west of French Cable Hut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Eastham and Orleans.

Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.
is a census-designated place in the town of in , , United States. The population was 1,806 at the 2010 census. is situated 2 miles west of French Cable Hut.

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is in on , and includes the villages of East and South . With the Rock Harbor sunsets and the Nauset surf, has the best of both Cape Cod waters.

Hamlet
was a Nauset village on or near Creek in Barnstable County, , near the modern border between and . Native Americans sold the site to English colonists in 1644. It is now a village in Orleans. is situated 6 miles southwest of French Cable Hut.

French Cable Hut

Latitude
41.85941° or 41° 51′ 34″ north
Longitude
-69.95237° or 69° 57′ 9″ west
Open location code
87HGV25X+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 212917536
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q5501699
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