Existing
Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1870
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1978
- Automated: 1978
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: GRANITE DWELLING/WOOD TOWER
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: OCTAGONAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 55
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1978
- Height of Focal Plane: 69
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL ON LOAN TO EAST END SEAPORT
AND MARINE MUSEUM IN GREENPORT, NY, IN 1994
Previous Tower(s):
- 1. Construction Date: 1827
- Description: 30 FOOT STONE TOWER WITH IRON LANTERN
- Fate/Disposition: REPLACED BY 1869 TOWER
- 2. Construction Date: 1978
- Description: AUTOMATED LIGHT ON POLE ATTACHED TO OIL HOUSE
- Fate/Disposition: REMOVED 1992
Modern Tower? YES
- Year Tower Constructed: 1992
- Type: SKELETAL
- Tower Height: 15
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Current Optic: 155 MM Year Installed: 1992
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1870
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: GRANITE
Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE, CLAPBOARD STORAGE SHED
Current Use: USDA ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER
Owner/Manager: U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE/U.S. COAST GUARD (NEW TOWER)
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
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