WEBNov 5, 2019 · The historic Boston Light overlooks the sea from Little Brewster Island, casting a light beam 27 miles into the Atlantic. This is the oldest continually used and last staffed lighthouse in the country, which …

WEBSep 4, 2020 · Within this series we’ll explore a few of those beacons, putting a ‘spotlight’ on a different lighthouse each edition. For our inaugural focus, we’ll start with perhaps the most recognizable of the series: …

WEBHere, the newest of these devices -- The Helicopter-hovers over one of the oldest -- Boston Lighthouse, which has stood at the present site since 1716 as a sentinel of safety to ships moving along the New England coastline.

WEBSep 11, 2016 · Sailors’ prayers were answered on September 14, 1716, when Little Brewster Island’s newly built Boston Light was first lit. Along with the lighthouse, a wharf, keeper’s house, and barn were...

WEBThe first Boston Light stood as a beacon in Boston Harbor for 60 years until the British blew it up in 1776. Built in 1716, it was the first lighthouse in the United States. Boston Light in 1729, mezzotint engraving by William …

WEBSep 14, 2010 · 1716: Boston Light, the first lighthouse in the New World, starts guiding ships into Boston Harbor. As early as the late 17th century, settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony guided ships into...