Boston Light (Images of America)

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On September 14, 1716, Boston Light became the first lighthouse established in Colonial The usa. With many ships floundering in the treacherous waters of the Massachusetts harbor, there used to be a really perfect need for navigational aid. At night and throughout storms, it used to be difficult to discern the entrance to the primary shipping channel of Nantasket Roads, positioned between the Brewster islands and the town of Hull. The ledges had change into a graveyard for ships, resulting in great loss to human life and cargo–a deterrent to European colonization efforts. Ship captains and merchants petitioned the colonial government for a lighthouse to be erected on Little Brewster Island as a way of protected passage to the inner harbor. Three hundred years later, Boston Light continues to serve its purpose. As of late, the lighthouse is secure by an ever-present Coast Guard civilian keeper and a cadre of specially trained Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteer assistant keepers.

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