Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New Jersey--Conover Beacon (Chapel Hill Front Range)

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CONOVER BEACON
(CHAPEL HILL FRONT RANGE)

State: NEW JERSEY
Location: SANDY HOOK BAY/NEW YORK HARBOR
Nearest City: LEONARDO
County: MONMOUTH
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1856

Photo courtesy of Elyse LaForest, NPS Federal Lands to Parks Program, 2006

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1941
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: c.1988
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: METAL
Markings/Patterns: RED & WHITE
Shape: CONICAL - SKELETAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: 375 MM
Year Original Lens Installed: 1939
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 45
Fresnel Lens Disposition: N/A
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1852
Description: SIX SIDED WOODEN TOWER
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED BY CURRENT TOWER 1941

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: TOWER IS WITHIN PUBLIC PARK

Owner/Manager: TOWNSHIP OF MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Aug 18 2006 11:17:02 am EDT
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