At 293 years, fog cannon is Coast Guard’s oldest artifact Little Brewster Island’s cannon is Coast Guard’s oldest artifact - Metro

LITTLE BREWSTER ISLAND — Last summer, a Coast Guard officer was taking a tour of Boston Light when a particular artifact caught his eye.

There are a lot of old things at Boston Light — home of the nation’s first and oldest light station, built in 1716 a mile off the coast of Hull — but one artifact seemed old in a particular way.

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At 293 years, fog cannon is Coast Guard’s oldest artifact

By Billy Baker