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> .. as the only female lighthouse keeper in the Boston Light’s 307-year history. Maybe its a Boston thing but there's been plenty of women lighthouse keepers

> .. as the only female lighthouse keeper in the Boston Light’s 307-year history. Maybe its a Boston thing but there's been plenty of women lighthouse keepers in the rest of the US for 250 years: https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Notable-People/Women/Women-Lighthouse-Keepers/ https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Notable-People/...

Retric 3y ago
I would assume Boston had relatively few lighthouses due to not having that much shoreline, but I am not sure how to look that up.
- pivo 3y ago
  Right, Boston proper doesn't have any lighthouses actually. This one is technically in Hull, MA. It's the lighthouse for Boston Harbor, and it's also the first lighthouse built in the US. The first tower on the site was built in 1716, though as the article says, that was torn down by the patriots, rebuilt and then blown up by the British in the revolutionary war. This one was built after the war in 1783. It's been kind of a fantasy for me to live in this lighthouse, I'm very tempted to apply for the job. Too bad it's not possible to live there anymore.
  - keithwinstein 3y ago
    You're definitely right that Boston Light is officially in Hull, but The Graves (still a USCG-managed lighthouse, and bigger than Boston Light) is in Boston. See https://arc-gis-hub-home-arcgishub.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/massgis::massachusetts-cities-and-towns-from-survey-points https://arc-gis-hub-home-arcgishub.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/m...
- don-code 3y ago
  There are actually a number of lighthouses in Boston Harbor. Historically, there had been many more. Some are described at the National Park Service website: https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/lighthouses.htm https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/lighthouses.ht... Not all of these are "lighthouses", per se. Nixes Mate is actually just a concrete-and-paint reflector: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixes_Mate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixes_Mate

Retric 3y ago

I would assume Boston had relatively few lighthouses due to not having that much shoreline, but I am not sure how to look that up.

pivo 3y ago
Right, Boston proper doesn't have any lighthouses actually. This one is technically in Hull, MA. It's the lighthouse for Boston Harbor, and it's also the first lighthouse built in the US. The first tower on the site was built in 1716, though as the article says, that was torn down by the patriots, rebuilt and then blown up by the British in the revolutionary war. This one was built after the war in 1783. It's been kind of a fantasy for me to live in this lighthouse, I'm very tempted to apply for the job. Too bad it's not possible to live there anymore.
- keithwinstein 3y ago
  You're definitely right that Boston Light is officially in Hull, but The Graves (still a USCG-managed lighthouse, and bigger than Boston Light) is in Boston. See https://arc-gis-hub-home-arcgishub.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/massgis::massachusetts-cities-and-towns-from-survey-points https://arc-gis-hub-home-arcgishub.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/m...
don-code 3y ago
There are actually a number of lighthouses in Boston Harbor. Historically, there had been many more. Some are described at the National Park Service website: https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/lighthouses.htm https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/lighthouses.ht... Not all of these are "lighthouses", per se. Nixes Mate is actually just a concrete-and-paint reflector: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixes_Mate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixes_Mate