Whitestone Point Light
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Whitestone Point Light | |
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Whitestone Point Post Light, 1915 |
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Location: | Whitesone Point, Southerly side of East River, New York |
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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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.