Minot's Ledge Light, officially Minots Ledge Light, is a lighthouse on Minots Ledge, one mile offshore of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts, to the southeast of Boston Harbor.The current lighthouse is the second on the site, the first having been washed away in a storm after only a few months of use.
First Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, as per drawing by José Eugenio Ribera.
The off-duty lightkeeper's house was located in Cohasset.
The "templates" on which the tower was first assembled on the mainland are just visible in the far left of this photo.
Minots Ledge Light as seen from a passing sailing vessel
Scituate is a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census.
Scituate Harbor
Scituate Lighthouse, Scituate Harbor
Lawson Tower, Scituate Center
Minot Ledge Light c. 1905