Shinnecock Light

Shinnecock Light
1948, just before it was demolished

Location	Shinnecock Bay, south side of Long Island, New York
Coordinates	40°51′2″N 72°30′15″W / 40.85056°N 72.50417°W / 40.85056; -72.50417Coordinates: 40°51′2″N 72°30′15″W / 40.85056°N 72.50417°W / 40.85056; -72.50417
Year first lit	1858
Deactivated	1931, demolished 1948
Construction	Brick
Tower shape	Conical
Markings / pattern	Red brick
Height	168 feet (51 m)
Original lens	1st order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fixed White (1901)
Fog signal	none
Admiralty number	J0998
ARLHS number	USA-755
USCG number	1-675 ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Shinnecock Light was and is an important lighthouse on the south side of Long Island, New York. The name comes from the Shinnecock Indian Nation.

The original red brick tower was built in 1858. It was 168 feet (51 m) tall and had a 1st order Fresnel lens, itself almost 12 feet (3.7 m) tall. If it were still standing it would be one of the ten tallest lighthouses in the US. It was discontinued in 1931 in favor of a skeleton tower and demolished by the Coast Guard in 1948. Some time later the Coast Guard built a communication tower on the site and moved the light to the height of 75 feet (23 m) on that tower.

References

↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 9.
↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
↑ Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-24). "Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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