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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1837/03/00 Joseph Meigs Work Ned's Point lighthouse begins operating in 1837. The station was built after shipbuilder Joseph Meigs and Congressman John Q Adams convince Congress to approve $5,000 for its construction.
1837/03/00 John Quincy Adams Work Ned's Point lighthouse begins operating in 1837. The station was built after shipbuilder Joseph Meigs and Congressman John Q Adams convince Congress to approve $5,000 for its construction.
1846/06/20 Joseph Meigs Owner Built in 1842, Meigs' whaling ship, the JOSEPH MEIGS, too loaded with cargo to safely dock is anchored just inside Mattapoisett Light for seven or eight days while lighters unload her.
1846/06/27 Joseph Meigs Owner The JOSEPH MEIGS catches fire, barrels of whale oil explode like bombs and the vessel burns to the water's edge.

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Particulars for Ned Point Light:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Coast Guard facility
Area of Significance Engineering
Owner Federal
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Maritime
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 87001488
Resource Type:
Owner: Local, Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Engineering, Transportation, Architecture, Maritime history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1837
Historic Function: Transportation, Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related, Coast Guard facility
Current Function: Defense, Transportation, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park Water-related Coast Guard facility

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