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| This photo of the Wood End Lighthouse was taken from the Provincetown Trolley, near the Breakwater. |
The Wood End Light,
built in 1872, is the subject of this photo, taken from the Provincetown
Trolley. PTown is surrounded by three lighthouses, all of them still in
operation, and each very important to navigation here at the tip of Cape Cod.
Each one has now been automated, running these days on solar
power. Originally, of course, they all burned whale oil, the fuel of the day,
provided by local men who made their living hunting whales.
Stopping
The Trolley at this spot for a moment to talk about the Mayflower Pilgrims provided the perfect opportunity to zoom in for a photo of the lighthouse at Wood
End, where the early forest grew right down to the water's edge when the Pilgrims arrived here in 1620.
Long Point Light sits at the very tip of Cape Cod, seen out across Provincetown
Harbor. Built in 1875, it replaces the original, built in 1827. Race Point Light, built in 1875, can be spotted from the Province Lands Visitor
Center, or from the beach at Herring Cove. It replaced the original, built in 1816. It still has the old
lighthouse keeper’s cottage right next to it, and you can actually stay in the keepers cottage, with larger groups accommodated nearby in the old whistle house.
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