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Managing Organization:
Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation
Telephone:
207-646-0245
Website: http://www.lighthousefoundation.org
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 545
Rockland
Maine,
04841,
United States
Notes:
All buildings except the lighthouse and oil house at Wood End were destroyed after the light's 1961 automation. Tower Height: 39 Height of Focal Plane: 45 Characteristic and Range: Flashing red every 10 seconds. Description of Tower: White, square pyramidal brick tower with black cast iron lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1896 brick oil house. Date Established: 1872 Date Present Tower Built: 1872 Date Automated: 1961 Optics: 1872: Fifth order Fresnel lens; 1916: New fifth order Fresnel lens; now Vega VRB-25, solar powered. Fog Signal: 1902: Fog bell and striking mechanism in pyramidal tower; now automated horn with one blast every 30 seconds. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions:
Wood End Light can be reached by walking across a breakwater at the west end of Commercial Street. The walk is fairly strenuous and the breakwater is exposed to waves and spray in rough weather. You can also take a water shuttle to Long Point -- call Flyer's at (508) 487-0898 or (800) 750-0898. The walk from Long Point to Wood End is a couple of miles over soft sand. Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse! Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: Thomas Lowe (?) (1872-1897); Philip R. Smith (1897-?); George H. Fitzpatrick (c. 1940s), George Grimes (c. 1940s)
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