Bishop and Clerks Light

{{Short description|Lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States}}

{{Infobox lighthouse

| image_name = Bishop and Clerks Light 2005.jpg

| caption = Bishop and Clerks Light, 2005

| location = Hyannis, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|41|34|27.32|N|70|15|0.2|W|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1858 (original), 1998

| automated = 1923 (original)

| yeardeactivated = 1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG (original)

| foundation = Granite

| construction = Granite (original)
Fiberglass

| shape = Cylindrical

| marking = Gray granite tower, black lantern, lead colored fog bell tower on west side (original)
White with red band

| height = {{convert|59.5|ft}} from base to center of lantern (original)
{{convert|30|ft}}

| focalheight = {{convert|45|ft}}

| lens = 4th order Fresnel lens (original)

| range = {{convert|14|nmi}}

| characteristic = Fl W 30s with red sector(original)
Fl W 6s (current)

| fogsignal = Bell every 15 seconds{{cite uscghist|MA}} (original)

}}

Bishop and Clerks Light is a lighthouse located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States.{{cite uscgll|1|2010|128}}{{cite rowlett|ma2|date=2009-12-14}}

The light was established in a granite tower in 1858.{{cite book|author=Elinor De Wire|title=The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDJGDP_jRrUC&pg=PA122|year=2008|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-61060-525-0|page=122}} It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952.{{cite book|author=Edward Rowe Snow|title=The Lighthouses of New England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLYbkU6xfJEC&pg=PA315|year=2005|publisher=Applewood Books|isbn=978-1-933212-20-3|page=315}}{{cite book|author1=Tim Harrison|author2=Ray Jones|title=Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses|url=https://archive.org/details/lostlighthousesl00timh|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-0443-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/lostlighthousesl00timh/page/30 30]}} It was replaced with a white 30-foot pyramidal day beacon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/bishop-and-clerks-light-history.html|title = Bishop and Clerks Light history}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bassriveryc.org/bishop.htm |title= Bishops and Clerks Lighthouse |access-date=2019-07-12 |archive-date=2016-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501074013/http://www.bassriveryc.org/bishop.htm |url-status=dead }} The day beacon was replaced with a round, orange and white 30-foot tower placed on top of the original Bishop & Clerk's granite base in 1998.{{cite news |last=Crocker |first=Dave |date=June 29, 2012 |url=http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29414&Itemid=306 |title=The little lighthouse that is no more |work=Barnstable Patriot |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182503/http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29414&Itemid=306 |archive-date=September 23, 2015

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