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Location of Plum Island in northeastern Massachusetts. Named for the preponderance of beach plum thickets on the island. Plum Island is a barrier island located off the northeastern coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann, United States. It is approximately 11 miles (18 km) in length.
The Great Marsh. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary encompassing the majority of Plum Island in northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts, 5 miles southeast of Newburyport. It was established in 1942 primarily to provide feeding, resting, and nesting habitats for migratory birds.
The storm's straight-line surface winds destroyed buildings along the coast, often aided by flooding and waves. Wind gusts of 100 mph (160 km/h) were recorded in Plum Island and 110 mph (180 km/h) at First Cliff in Scituate, Massachusetts. [19] [20] Duxbury Beach was hit with 85 mph (137 km/h) gusts and 93 mph (150 km/h) in Chatham. [21] [22]
Plum Island Animal Disease Center. / 41.178889°N 72.205556°W / 41.178889; -72.205556. Plum Island Animal Disease Center ( PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock. It is a national laboratory of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate for Science ...
An 82-foot (25 m) long fishing vessel, lost in a storm about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts with four crew members aboard, all presumed deceased. [2] [3] General Greene United States Coast Guard: 6 March 1960 A United States Coast Guard Cutter that was blown onto a beach at Sandwich while disabled in storm. Horatio Hall
Sandy Point State Reservation. Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern.
The attack was the first naval bombardment of the United States by a foreign power since the War of 1812 ( Battle of Baltimore of 1814 by British Royal Navy ), excluding the incidental shelling of coastland Orleans, Massachusetts in 1918. [ 6] Additionally, at about 5,100 miles east of Japan, the bombardment of Ellwood was the furthest direct ...
87001485 [ 1 ] Added to NRHP. June 15, 1987. The Newburyport Harbor Light, also known as Plum Island Light, built in 1788, is a historic lighthouse on Northern Boulevard in Newburyport, Massachusetts. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The original 4th order Fresnel lens is still in use, one of only five original glass Fresnel lenses still in use in Massachusetts.