>> Click to enlarge << Borden Flats Lighthouse, MA. The station was last ... Photo by: Timothy Harrison

Thanks to the efforts of the United States Coast Guard, Massachusetts’ Borden Flats Lighthouse is again looking like new.

>> Click to enlarge << Main deck of Borden Flats Lighthouse before Coast ...

The caisson style lighthouse was built on a reef at the mouth of the Taunton River, which comprises part of the Fall River. The name Borden Flats was derived from the Borden Family, who owned extensive textile mills along the edge of the river and were one of the area’s wealthiest families. The Braga Bridge (Rt. 195) passes almost directly above the lighthouse and just beyond the bridge is the famous Battleship Cove, one of Massachusetts’ largest maritime attractions. Some early post cards referred to the structure as the Quequechan Lighthouse.

>> Click to enlarge << Main deck of Borden Flats Lighthouse after Coast ...

Coast Guard repairs included interior as well as exterior work to the tower.

>> Click to enlarge << First flight of stairs in Borden Flats Lighthouse ...

>> Click to enlarge << First Flight of stairs in Borden Flats Lighthouse ...

This story appeared in the July 2002 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.