Whitestone Point Post Light, 1915 | |
Location | Whitesone Point, Southerly side of East River, New York |
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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 (6.1 m) |
Focal height | 56 ft (17 m) |
Original lens | Lens lantern |
Range | 3 nmi (5.6 km) |
Characteristic | Fixed white |
Fog signal | Bell struck by machinery a double blow every 30 seconds |
ARLHS number | USA-889 [1] |
USCG number | 1-27215 [2] |
Whitestone Point Light is located in Whitestone, Queens.