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ESOPUS MEADOWS (MIDDLE HUDSON RIVER) LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: WEST SIDE OF HUDSON RIVER
Nearest City: ESOPUS
County: ULSTER
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1839

1999 photo courtesy Ted Smith

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1872
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1965-2003
Automated: 1965
Foundation Materials: GRANITE PIER
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE HOUSE W/RED MANSARD ROOF
Shape: OCTAGONAL ON SQUARE HOUSE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1872
Present Optic:
Year Present Lens Installed: 2003
Height of Focal Plane: 52
Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

Modern Tower? YES; NO LONGER IN USE

Year Tower Constructed: 1965
Type: POLE
Tower Height: 26
Height of Focal Plane: 26
Current Optic: 250 MM

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: BELL (REMOVED)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1872
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: UNDER RESTORATION

Owner/Manager: ESOPUS MEADOWS LIGHTHOUSE, INC.

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #79001638
Name of Listing: ESOPUS MEADOWS LIGHTHOUSE (HUDSON RIVER LIGHTHOUSES TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
TRANSFERRED TO ESOPUS MEADOWS LIGHTHOUSE INC IN 2002 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT ; RELIT MAY 31, 2003.

Last Modified: Thu, Dec 22 2005 2:54:00 pm EDT
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