Little Brewster Island
Little Brewster Iceland ( Iceland or even Beacon Lighthouse Iceland ) is an island in Boston Harbor. It is located 9.33 mi (15 km) from Boston's city center on the territory of the State of Massachusetts in the United States. Little Brewster Iceland has a permanent area of approximately 2.9 acres ( 1.2 ha), which temporarily by up to 4.2 acres ( 1.7 ha) is increased by one watt, depending on the tidal range. It is managed by Coast Guard of the United States and is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
Subject to prior approval of the Coast Guard Visitors to the island can ( 27.1 m) climb high lighthouse is from the upper deck of a good view over the surrounding area by Boston Light a 89 ft.
Geography
Geology
The island consists of exposed bedrock, which is covered with a thin layer of soil.
Flora and Fauna
Most of the island is covered with lawn. To the guardhouse some seasonal blooming flowers were planted. The fauna of the island is also still the subject of scientific studies.
History
The island was after William Brewster, the first preachers and teachers of the Plymouth Colony, named. She is widely known for the lighthouse standing there, the continuously located since 1716 in operation, making it the oldest continually used in the United States. It was originally financed by a special tax in the amount of one penny per ton of total weight that had to be paid by all ships regularly called at the port or left.
At the end of the American Revolutionary War, he was largely destroyed by the fleeing British from Boston, but rebuilt in 1783. In 1859 he was raised to 14 ft (4.3 m) and thus reached its present height of 102 ft ( 31.1 m) above sea level, the 27 mi ( 43.5 km ) can be far into the Atlantic to be light.
In the 1990s, the Coast Guard of the United States had nationwide automated lighthouses all up to the Boston Light. Petitions from preservationists at the Congress of the United States and the Coast Guard have proven effective, that separate funds were provided, shall maintain a manned station on the island with the help of today, recorded where both meteorological data and the lighthouse are maintained in function.
The lighthouse was established in 1966 registered as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.
Attractions
- Boston Light lighthouse, built of field stones, bricks and granite, reinforced with iron bands
- One-storey entrance building to the lighthouse of brick
- One and a half storey guardhouse
- Cistern and protection of one-story wooden room
- Tank of 20,000 gallons ( 91 m³) capacity
- Single story stone building with generator Foghorn
- One storey house from oil painted white bricks
- Pier made of concrete and steel