Boston illustrated; . he en-£ trance of the harbor, is the Bostont Light. The island on which it stands^ has been used as a lighthouse sta- o tion since 1715, when the General u. Court of the colony passed the nec-essary acts. The laud was generous-ly given to the colony by the ownersof it, though as there is soil on onlyabout three quarters of an acre, therest of the two or three acres beingbare, jagged rock, the gift entailedno gi-eat loss upon them. In thetime of the Revolution, the light-house was the object of much smallwarfare, and was several times de-stroyed and rebuilt. In 1783 it was
Boston illustrated; . he en-£ trance of the harbor, is the Bostont Light. The island on which it stands^ has been used as a lighthouse sta- o tion since 1715, when the General u. Court of the colony passed the nec-essary acts. The laud was generous-ly given to the colony by the ownersof it, though as there is soil on onlyabout three quarters of an acre, therest of the two or three acres beingbare, jagged rock, the gift entailedno gi-eat loss upon them. In thetime of the Revolution, the light-house was the object of much smallwarfare, and was several times de-stroyed and rebuilt. In 1783 it wasonce more Icstored by the State, be-ing built this time of stone ; and itis this lighthouse which still standsat the mouth of the harbor, thoughit has since been enlarged and re- BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 125 fitted several times. The top of the lighthouse now stands ninety-eight feetabove the level of the sea, and is fitted Avith a revohdiig light which can bedeen from a distance of sixteen nautical miles in fair Boston Light. StUl nearer to Fort Warren, and on the direct line to Boston Light is theSpit, or Bug is a etirious struc-ture.^T^he lowerpart is a system ofiron pillars fixed mthe rock, affordmno surface for thewaves to beatagainst anddestio\The fixed red lightis about thirty-h\(feet above the levexof the sea, and canbe seen at a dis-tance of aboutseven miles in clearweather. This light was built in 1856
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