Three Sisters Lighthouses Cape Cod

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Three sisters lighthouses cape cod.

The three sisters of nauset are a trio of historic lighthouses off cable road in eastham massachusetts falling prey to coastal erosion and decay brought by time and poor maintenance they fell into sea in 1890 and were replaced by wooden towers on brick foundations in 1892. The lights soon gained the nickname the three sisters because from sea they looked like women in white dresses with black hats. These are the three sisters lighthouses and their story is one of the most fascinating in cape cod history. It is a story that is still going on to this day.

In 1923 the brick house was replaced by a cast iron building which was attached to the keeper s house. In 1911 two of the three sisters were decommissioned. View all hotels near the three sisters lighthouses on tripadvisor. The national lighthouse board ordered three new moveable wooden towers to be built thirty feet inland from the original masonry ones.

Due to erosion the original buildings fell into the sea at around 1890 but were later restored in 1911. Hotels near the three sisters lighthouses. 1 42 mi midway motel 1 57 mi inn at the oaks 2 73 mi fort hill bed and breakfast 0 45 mi the nauset guesthouse 3 44 mi eagle wing inn cape cod. The three sisters are a series of 3 lighthouses located on the eastham coast of massachusetts.

The history of these structures begins nearly 200 years ago when the town of eastham petitioned to have a beacon built along the shore to protect passing vessels after there had been so. Three 15 foot high masonry towers were built.