Crabtree Ledge Light

A photo from http://lighthouse.cc

  Many ships were guided to the Taunton River to load granite and lumber at Hancock Point in the 1800's and early 1900's.  The Crabtree Ledge light was approved by Congress in 1896, and given a sum of $25,000.00 for construction.  A Massachusetts company installed the cast iron "sparkplug type" Light.  The light was lit for the first time in January 1890 with a fifth-order Fresnel lens and flashed a white light every 2 minutes.
  Even with the light working the Steamer Sebanoa smashed into the light on November 18, 1896, the Steamer ran aground on Hancock Point.
  With the start of ferry service in 1933 the Crabtree Ledge Light was discontinued.  It was sold to the father of Newbold Noyes, editor of the Washington Star for the grand sum of $115.00.
  The Light was sold for scrap during World War Two, and the Crabtree Ledge Light no longer exists in any form, except for a very few photos.

In it's early days the Light was painted brown.  USCG photo.

An early postcard.