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Graves Light, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Lighthouse

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Stock #:1119467
Type: Postcard
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts (MA)
County: Suffolk
Publisher: Ticnor Bros., Inc.
Postmark: 1915 Jul-19
Stamp: 1c Washington
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:124 W. Westmoreland
Philadelphia, PA

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Marks the entrance to Boston Harbor from the North and is one the finest and most powerful on the coast and thoroughly up to date in equipment. Situated on a very small ledge called the Graves. Flashes 2-2, is at the entrance of Boston Harbor and on Brewster's Island. It has been a light house station since 1715. Was destroyed many times and rebuilt. The light is visible 16 miles. The power rises 100 feet above the level of the sea, also uses heavy fog horn to warn vessels in foggy weather.

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