Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--Execution Rocks Light

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EXECUTION ROCKS LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: WEST END LONG ISLAND SOUND
Nearest City: NEW ROCHELLE
County: NASSAU
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1850

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1850
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1979
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: GRANITE W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE WITH BROWN BAND MIDWAY
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 60
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: APRB-251, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1993
Height of Focal Plane: 62
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL, TRUMPET, AIR SIREN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1867
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: GRANITE

Other Structures: CONCRETE DOCK; CONCRETE OIL HOUSE (CA. 1910) AND RADIOBEACON DESTROYED IN 1992 STORM

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
DESIGNED BY ALEXANDER PARRIS

Last Modified: Wed, Apr 10 2002 10:27:02 am EDT
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