Massachusetts - Newburyport Upper and Inner Lighthouses

The Newburyport Upper Harbor Range Light is located at Newburyport, MA. - This range light was established along the Newburyport waterfront in 1873 to guide mariners along the Merrimac River into Newburyport Harbor. The harbor is more than two miles from the open ocean. This waterfront Outer Beacon was located on the east corner of Bailey New Wharf. It was situated in a brown conical, cast-iron tower and showed a fixed red light 25 feet above the water.

The Inner Beacon, shown below, is located 350 feet to the west and was built in 1873 . It consists of a 38-foot pyramidal, red brick tower with a hexagonal lantern that displayed a fixed green light approximately 22 feet higher than its counterpart. Both lights were discontinued in 1961, and the front range light, shown above, was moved from its location on the wharf to the nearby Coast Guard Station. The rear light was sold and converted to a private residence. At the time of my visit in 200l, the owners rented the lighthouse for catered romantic dinners.