page_title: Long Point (Cape Cod)
hierarchical_section_title: Long Point (Cape Cod)
caption_attribution_description: Long Point Lighthouse, Provincetown, MA, built in 1875. Next to that is an shed built in 1904 to store flammables such as oil for the lighthouse's lamp. The mound next to that is all that remains of a Civil War artillery battery that was built in 1863, and abandoned in 1872. There were two such batteries on Long Point, this one was called the "outer battery".
context_page_description: Long Point is a peninsula located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, as it curls back in on itself to create Provincetown Harbor. The Long Point Light was built on this point in 1827. The lighthouse once shared this peninsula with a settlement of fishermen that came to be known as Long Point, Massachusetts. This Provincetown village grew and thrived from 1818 until the late 1850s. When the settlers decided to leave Long Point, they took most of their houses with them – about 30 structures in all – by floating them across the harbor.
  During the American Civil War, the military established a defensive coastal artillery post and garrison at this location. The Long Point Battery came to be known as "Fort Useless" and "Fort Ridiculous" among the local residents.
  Today, Long Point is a ghost village – nothing remains, except for the lighthouse and an earthen mound, the last remnant from the earlier military post.
context_section_description: Long Point is a peninsula located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, as it curls back in on itself to create Provincetown Harbor.  The Long Point Light was built on this point in 1827.  The lighthouse once shared this peninsula with a settlement of fishermen that came to be known as Long Point, Massachusetts.  This Provincetown village grew and thrived from 1818 until the late 1850s.   When the settlers decided to leave Long Point, they took most of their houses with them – about 30 structures in all – by floating them across the harbor.
  During the American Civil War, the military established a defensive coastal artillery post and garrison at this location. The Long Point Battery came to be known as "Fort Useless" and "Fort Ridiculous" among the local residents.
  Today, Long Point is a ghost village – nothing remains, except for the lighthouse and an earthen mound, the last remnant from the earlier military post.
caption: Long Point Light and remains of a Civil War artillery battery.  Also shown is the Darby cross erected by the Beachcombers club.
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