Nauset Lighthouse

The back or east side of Cape Cod I was as dangerous to shipping in the age of sail as was Cape Hatteras. In 1798 the Cape Cod Light Station, at Highland, was established to warn ships of the Cape and to mark the route to Boston. Ten years later Cape Cod's second light station at Chatam was constructed. This station, about 23 miles south of the Cape Cod lighthouse, was a dual tower station. Each tower displayed a fixed white light, distinguishing this lighthouse from the Cape Cod light with its single white beam.