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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
After the lighthouse was damaged in the Hurricane of 1938, a wider cylindrical caisson was built around the original one. The lighthouse today is very close to the Braga Bridge.
Tower Height: 50
Height of Focal Plane: 47
Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 2.5 seconds.
Description of Tower: White conical cast iron tower with black cast iron lantern, on cast iron and concrete caisson.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
None
Date Established: 1881
Date Present Tower Built: 1881
Date Automated: 1963
Optics: 1881: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 250 mm.
Fog Signal: 1881:Fog bell (still on site) and striking machinery; 1983: automated horn with one blast every 10 seconds.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? no
Museum?
no
Directions:
South on I-95: Take Exit 5 (Taunton, North Tiverton) to MA 138 (Broadway); follow Broadway southwest to Bradford Avenue and turn right. Turn right again at Almond Street. Follow to the road's end and turn left into the Borden Light Marina's free parking lot. The lighthouse can be seen to the west of the marina.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Herman Georgy (1885-1898); Martin Thompson (1898-c. 1905); Joseph Meyer (c. 1907); John H. Paul (1912 -1927); Covo (1930s?); John F. McGeough (Coast Guard officer in charge, c. mid-1950s); Calvin B. Davis (Coast Guard, c. mid-1950s); Truman Sawyer (Coast Guard, 1955-1956)
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