Whitestone Point Light

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Whitestone Point Light

Whitestone Point Post Light, 1915
Location: Whitesone Point, Southerly side of East River, New York
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS)
40°48′06″N, 73°49′10″W
Year first lit: 1889
Deactivated: Active
Construction: Steel
Tower shape: Square pyramidal frame tower on piers; lower part, white; upper, wood-color (1889); black skeleton tower (post-1915)
Height: 20 ft, 56 ft above sea level.
Original lens: Lens lantern
Range: 3 nm
Characteristic: Fixed white; Fog Signal: Bell struck by machinery a double blow every 30 seconds

Whitestone Point Light is listed as number 27215 in USCG light lists.