Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--Stepping Stones Light

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STEPPING STONES LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: OUTER EDGE OF REEF / LONG ISLAND SOUND
Nearest City: KINGS POINT
County: NASSAU
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1866

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1877
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1967
Foundation Materials: GRANITE/CONCRETE PIER
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: RED BRICK/GRANITE TRIM, B/W LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 38
Original Optic: 5TH ORDER FRESNEL; REPLACED WITH A 4TH ORDER IN 1926
Year Original Lens Installed: 1877
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: UNKNOWN
Height of Focal Plane: 46
Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): NONE, BUT MARKED BY SPEAR AND SPAR BUOY SINCE EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Modern Tower? NO

Sound Signal Building? INTEGRAL WITH TOWER AND DWELLING

Fog Signal Type: ORIGINALLY A BELL ATTACHED TO TOWER BELOW THE LANTERN; THE SIGNAL CONSISTED OF A DOUBLE BLOW EVERY 20 SECONDS DURING THICK WEATHER; REPLACED BY A HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1877
Number of Stories: 1.5 (BASEMENT IN PIER)
Architectural Style: SECOND EMPIRE
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference # 05001026
Name of Listing: STEPPING STONES LIGHT STATION (LIGHT STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MPS)
On State List/Inventory? UNKNOWN

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Thu, Oct 05 2006 12:33:00 pm EDT
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