page_title: Tarpaulin Cove Light
hierarchical_section_title: Tarpaulin Cove Light
caption_attribution_description: English: Tarpaulin Cove Light. Title: 100 years exploring life, 1888-1988&#160;: the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Identifier: 100yearsexplorin00maie (find matches) Year: 1989 (1980s) Authors: Maienschein, Jane Subjects: Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ); Marine biology Publisher: Boston&#160;: Jones and Bartlett Publishers Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 6 Doin^ Science Tarpaulin Cove, lighthouse and bell, 1896. Photograph by Baldwin Coolidge, courtesy of SPNEA, Boston. Text Appearing After Image: ' Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The Tarpaulin Cove Light is a historic lighthouse on Naushon Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands of southern Massachusetts. It is located in the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts. Built on the site of a light station first established privately in the 18th century, the current tower dates from 1891. A keeper's house built at the same time has not survived. The light is 78 feet above Mean High Water, and its white light is visible for 9 nautical miles.
context_section_description: The Tarpaulin Cove Light is a historic lighthouse on Naushon Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands of southern Massachusetts.  It is located in the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts.  Built on the site of a light station first established privately in the 18th century, the current tower dates from 1891.  A keeper's house built at the same time has not survived.   The light is 78 feet (24 m) above Mean High Water, and its white light is visible for 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi).
caption: 1896 view, including the lightkeeper's house and fog station
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