Cumberland Head Light

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Cumberland Head Light was a lighthouse on Lake Champlain's Cumberland Bay in New York state.

The lighthouse was established in 1838 and the last tower was first lit in 1868. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1934. The foundation of the lighthouse was concrete and limestone and the lighthouse itself was made out of limestone. The shape of the tower was conical. The original lens was a fourth order Fresnel lens installed in 1856.


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