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The Graves Light

Hull, MA · Active aid to navigation

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Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationHull, MA (Plymouth County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number390
Light characteristicFl (2)W 12s
Height of light above water98 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureOn light gray conical granite tower
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 9/28/1987 · Reference #87002041
Position42.36490, -70.86909 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkEmergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si). MRASS-Fog signal is radio activated, during times of reduced visibility, turn marine VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175Mhz. Key microphone 5 times consecutively, to activate fog signal for 60 minutes.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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