My replica of the Wood End Lighthouse
comes with
your choice of:
- Cedar Wood Construction for either indoor or outdoor display
- Pine Wood Construction for indoor use only
The base price includes:
- Aluminum exterior light housing
- Brass and Copper railings
- Windows that reflect light
- Standard 40 Watt Bulb, 120 Volt AC incandescent light fixture
- Hand crafted and hand painted detail
- Choice of interior or exterior wiring on Cedar replicas
- Interior wiring with In Line On/Off switch on Pine replicas
Options available for the Wood End Lighthouse are:
- Nightlight 7 Watt Bulb, small base light fixture and lantern lens
- Flashing Beacon Kit and lantern lens
- In Line On/Off switch for interior wiring on Cedar replicas
- Outdoor Photo-electric cell for dusk to dawn operation
- Inside Photo-electric cell for automatic night light operation
- 3 to 21 foot Vinyl Coated Galvanized Steel security cable
- Historical Appearance
HEIGHT: 24 Inches
WIDTH: 8.5 Inches
SHAPE: Tapered Square
WEIGHT: 11.5 Pounds
The first aid to navigation to mark the Wood End Bar was a daymark erected in 1864. The existing 39 foot brick lighthouse replaced that daymark in 1872. The station originally included a 1.5 story wooden keeper’s house. A new wooden dwelling, oil house and shed were added 1896. A pyramidal bell tower soon followed in 1902. The light was automated in 1961 and the keeper’s house and shed were removed. The original 5th order lens was then replaced with a modern optic and the fog bell was replaced with a fog horn that sounds every 30 seconds when needed. The station was converted to solar power in 1981. A volunteer work party organized by the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation repainted the lighthouse in 2000.
The Wood End Lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The square white, tapered brick lighthouse continues to be an active aid to navigation maintained by the US Coast Guard (optic & horn) and the Cape Cod Chapter which now has stewardship of the tower. The Vega VRB-25 optic displays a red flash every 10 seconds visible for 13 nautical miles.
November 2000 Issue, ALF Paints Wood End. "Volunteers from the American Lighthouse Foundation have been busy of late. This time they repainted the tower and oil house at Wood End Light, near Provincetown on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. " Please go to the Lighthouse Digest Magazine Archives to read this article. Lighthouse Digest magazine not only keeps the history of our lighthouses alive both in print and on line, but it is the best single source to keep current on all aspects of lighthouse preservation, news and events.
The Wood End Lighthouse can be seen distantly from many points along the Provincetown waterfront as well as its’ near twin, the Long Point Lighthouse located about 2 ¾ miles to the west. The light is not open to the public but the grounds can be reached on foot by hiking the breakwater from Provincetown. It’s recommended to time your hike with low tide as the breakwater may be flooded at high tide.
Directions: On Cape Cod take US Route 6 east to the end at Commercial Street (Rt 6A) in Provincetown. Take Commercial Street to the end and park near the breakwater. Cross the breakwater to the sand bar. Note the Long Point lighthouse is about 2 miles to your left (west). Turn right and continue east on the sand bar about ¾ mile, (away from the Long Point Light) to the Wood End Lighthouse.
Please visit the American Lighthouse Foundation website for more information on the Wood End Lighthouse.
For more photographs and history of the Wood End Lighthouse, you can visit the:
United States Coast Guard Historians' Official Web Site
New England Lighthouses - A Virtual Guide
Lighthouse Explorer Database