Old Field Point Light
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Old Field Point Light | |
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Old Field Point Light |
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Location: | Old Field, New York, Long Island north shore |
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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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]