3013.(albumen photo) Butler Flats Light Station, New Bedford, Mass c. 1898.
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3013.(albumen photo) Butler Flats Light Station, New Bedford, Mass c. 1898.
3013. (albumen photo) Butler Flats Light Station, New Bedford, Mass c. 1898. 7 ½” x 9 ½”. Extremely rare albumen photo by unknown photographer shows great detail of the lighthouse as the Keeper stands at the rail looking on. Butler Flats Light replaced the old Clark’s Point Light, which had been active since 1804. The structure was a fairly typical “sparkplug” style lighthouse of the period, built at a cost of $34,000 on a cylindrical cast-iron caisson 35 feet in diameter, which was put into place after five feet of mud was dredged. The cylinder was filled with stone and concrete, then the brick lighthouse was built on top. The 54-foot lighthouse has a storeroom and cistern in the basement, topped by four levels including a keeper’s office and two levels of living quarters. The lantern was fitted with a fifth-order Fresnel lens. The tower was painted red for a time, but it was changed to white in 1899, dating this view prior to 1899. Superb close view, clear and crisp. It is extremely difficult to find such early views and this view is certainly one of the larger, better ones. (VG+). $68.