Cedar Island Light
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 | |
| Cedar Island Light | |
| Location | Cedar Point County Park, Sag Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Long Island |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W / 41.040806°N 72.260972°WCoordinates: 41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W / 41.040806°N 72.260972°W |
| Year first lit | 1839 |
| Automated | 1934 |
| Deactivated | 1934 |
| Foundation | Masonry pier |
| Construction | Granite |
| Tower shape | Square unpainted granite |
| Height | 40 ft |
| Focal height | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Original lens | Sixth order Fresnel 1855 |
| Range | 5nm |
| Characteristic | Fl G 4s - Flashing Green 4 s |
| ARLHS number | USA-147 [1] |
| USCG number | 1-28245 |
Cedar Island Light is a lighthouse in Cedar Point County Park in East Hampton, New York. It has commanding views of Gardiners Bay.
History
The 40 foot granite lighthouse was decommissioned in 1934 and replaced by an automatic light on a steel skeleton at breakwater. The lighthouse, built in the Italianate style, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Cultural
The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Cedar Island Light [3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
References
- ↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards
External links
- Cedar Island Lighthouse - from Lighthousefriends.com
- Suffolk County Park Site
- National Park Service List of New York Lighthouses
- U. S. Lighthouse Society’s The Keeper’s Log – Winter, 2007
Further reading
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.