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Dog Bar Breakwater Lighthouse with Eastern Point Lighthouse in the back ground are situated at the eastern tip of Massachusetts' Gloucester Harbor.


Dog Bar Lighthouse Turn a New Leaf

Even after Eastern Point Lighthouse was lit in 1832, ships continued to run aground on dangerous Dog Bar Reef, which extends shoreward from the point. Thus, the decision was made to build a breakwater over the ledge, which in addition to covering the reef provided sheltered waters in the harbor.


Dog Bar Lighthouse Turn a New Leaf

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Dog Bar Lighthouse Turn a New Leaf

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Dog Bar Lighthouse Turn a New Leaf

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For over one hundred and seven years folks have been fishing from the Dog Bar Breakwater at the entrance of Gloucester Harbor. Last Sunday evening I wandered along the 2,250 stone edifice, slowly.


Dog Bar Breakwater Lighthouse Gloucester, Massachusetts

The Dog Bar Lighthouse and Breakwater is part of a Massachusetts Audubon Society fifty-three-acre nature preserve. The lighthouse is located at the end of a 1/2 mile long granite breakwater that extends out into Gloucester Harbor. We began this hike at Niles Beach, but you can definitely drive to the lighthouse/breakwater parking lot for a.


Dog Bar (Gloucester) Breakwater Light with Eastern Point Light in the

After taking East Main Street past Niles' Beach one is permitted to pass the stone pillars marked private to access the small parking area at the station, where an oceanfront path leads to Dog Bar Breakwater. Access to the lighthouse and keepers dwelling and anywhere inside the station's fence is prohibited.


Dog Bar Lighthouse Turn a New Leaf

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Dog Bar (at Eastern Point Lighthouse) Eastern Point Lighthouse. Gloucester, MA 01930. At the entrance to Gloucester Harbor, sits a spectacular 2,250' granite jetty, known as DogBar Breakwater, or just the Breakwater. Visitors can enjoy the walk to the end, with lovely views of Gloucester Harbor on one side and the open ocean (and the Boston.


Dog Bar Lighthouse Turn a New Leaf

The Dog Bar Breakwater, extending one half mile into the mouth of the outer harbor from Eastern Point Light was first proposed in 1866 in order to reduce turbulence in the waters of the outer harbor during heavy weather. In 1866, Captain "Uncle Joe" Proctor, the "father of the Dog Bar Breakwater," petitioned Congress for its creation.


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Dog Bar Lighthouse Turn a New Leaf

History of the Dog Bar Breakwater Lighthouse. Posted/Updated by Bryan Penberthy on 2017-04-06. To protect Gloucester Harbor from the fury of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as mark the Dog Bar Reef, the Army Corps of Engineers built the 2,250-foot Dog Bar Breakwater. The Dog Bar Breakwater Light was established in 1905 to mark its end.


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Dog Bar Breakwater Lighthouse, Gloucester, MA. When a vessel passes the approximately one-half-mile-long Dog Bar Breakwater and enters Gloucester Harbor during a storm, the fury of the Atlantic subsides and the wind is cut by half. The inner harbor, "safe from all winds that blow" according to an old almanac, was not always protected by the.


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