Boston illustrated; . Bug Light. Its object is to warn navigators ofthe dangerous obstacle known as Hardings Ledge, about two miles out at sea,east of Point Allerton, at the head of Nantasket Beach. The lighthouse on Long Island was built in 1811). The tower is twenty-two 126 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. feet in height, but the light is eighty feet above the level of the sea. Thetower is of iron, painted white ; the lantern has nine burners ; the light is fixed,and can be seen in a clear night about fifteen miles. There have been several. Long Island Light. attempts to make Long Island a place for summ
Boston illustrated; . Bug Light. Its object is to warn navigators ofthe dangerous obstacle known as Hardings Ledge, about two miles out at sea,east of Point Allerton, at the head of Nantasket Beach. The lighthouse on Long Island was built in 1811). The tower is twenty-two 126 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. feet in height, but the light is eighty feet above the level of the sea. Thetower is of iron, painted white ; the lantern has nine burners ; the light is fixed,and can be seen in a clear night about fifteen miles. There have been several. Long Island Light. attempts to make Long Island a place for summer residences. In 1885 it waspun-h;vsed by the city, and public charitable institutions are to be establishedupon it. East of Long Island head there is a low, rocky island on which stands a sin-gularly shaped monument. It consists of a solid structure of stone, twelve feetin height, and forty feet square. All the stones in this piece of masonry aresecurely fastened together with copper. Upon it stands an octagonal pyramidof wood, twenty feet high, and painted black. It is supposed that this monu-ment was erected in the earliest years of thepresent century, though the date is not purpose was to warn vessels of one of themost dangerous shoals in the harbor. This Is-land is known as Nixs Mate, though for whatreason is not known. There is a tradition, un-supported by facts, tliat the mate of a vessel ofwhich one Captain Nix was master, was executedNixs Mate. upon the island for killing the latter. But it was known a
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