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GAY HEAD LIGHT
The Gay Head Light holds the notable honor of beg the first lighthoe nstcted on Martha’s Veyard. In 1796, Senator Peleg Coff suggted the nstctn of the lighthoe. * where is gay head lighthouse *
Close up view of Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha’s Veyard on Cape Cod.
HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE
Prerly perched Gay Head Lighthoe is on the move Martha’s Veyard. Fortunately, the move is not a wily feared fall off a cliff. * where is gay head lighthouse *
History of The Gay Head Lighthoe.
The Gay Head Light holds the notable honor of beg the first lighthoe nstcted on Martha’s Veyard.
GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE
Gay Head Lighthoe was the first lighthoe built on Martha's Veyard and one of the first the U.S. to receive a first orr Frnel lens 1856. The lighthoe is immediate danger of topplg over the edge of the Gay Head Cliffs, a nsequence of a century of erosn and the direct impact of climate change. * where is gay head lighthouse *
The whalers need the lighthoe on Gay Head bee of a treachero sectn of rocks lled the “Devil’s Bridge. Wh some upgras to cleaner burng, more efficient parabolic lens lamps the Gay Head Light ntued operatn until 1844 when was termed that the clay cliffs had erod puttg the lighthoe stcture at risk.
It still weighed a ton and was very difficult to transport to Gay Head and up to the new brick tower. Electrifitn did not e to Gay Head until 1954.