Orient Long Beach Bar Light
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Orient Long Beach Bar Light ("Bug Light") |
Location |
Off Orient , in Gardiners Bay of Long Island, NY, |
Coordinates |
41°06′32″N 72°18′23″W / 41.10889°N 72.30639°W / 41.10889; -72.30639 |
Year first constructed |
1871 |
Year first lit |
1871 |
Automated |
1990 |
Deactivated |
1945-1990 |
Foundation |
Concrete and steel caisson |
Construction |
Wood Frame |
Tower shape |
two story white frame house with mansard roof and attached tower, "Bug Light" |
Height |
58 ft (18 m) |
Original lens |
Fifth order, Fresnel 1871 |
Range |
8 nm (8.0×10−12 km) |
Characteristic |
Flashing 4 Seconds |
ARLHS number |
USA-448 [1] |
USCG number |
1-27975 |
Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a lighthouse off Orient, New York. It is interesting because it was originally a screwpile lighthouse that was later converted to concrete caisson foundation. Its early appearance as a screwpile lighhouse gave it the nickname "Bug Light" as there were no other such lighthouses in the vicinity.
The Long Beach Bar Light was destroyed in 1963 by fire. A replica was rebuilt (the foundation survived).[2] The building was reassembled in 1990, and re-activated as a navigational aid in 1993.[2]
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 Orient Long Beach Bar Light [3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
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