Old Field Point Light

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Old Field Point Light

Old Field Point Light
Location: Old Field, New York, Long Island north shore
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS)
40°58′37.2″N, 73°07′06.9″W
Year first lit: 1868
Automated: 1991
Deactivated: Active, deactivated 1933-1991
Foundation: Stone
Construction: Wood tower on granite house
Tower shape: Octagonal Tower. Black. Originally white with black lantern.
Height: 74 feet (23 m) from sea level
Original lens: Fourth order fresnel
Range: 14 nautical miles (26 km)
Characteristic: Alternating Red and Green 24 s. Red Flash 12 , Green Flash 12 s.

Old Field Point Light is a lighthouse within the village of Old Field, New York between the entrances to Port Jefferson Harbor and Stony Brook Harbor on the north shore of Long Island.[1]

The structure is of the same design as lighthouses at Sheffield Island in Norwalk, Connecticut; Morgan Point in Noank, Connecticut; Great Captain Island in Greenwich, Connecticut, Plum Island on Plum Island in New York; and Block Island North on Block Island in Rhode Island.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ LIGHT LIST Volume I ATLANTIC COAST St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. United States Coast Guard (2007). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
  2. ^ [1]"Great Captain Island, CT" page at LighthouseFriends.com Web site, accessed August 21, 2006