Orient Point Light
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| Location | Off Orient point, north eastern tip of Long Island, NY, Oyster pond reef, Plum gut |
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| Year first constructed | 1899 |
| Year first lit | 1899 |
| Automated | 1954 |
| Foundation | Cast iron caisson |
| Construction | Cast iron plate with brick lining |
| Tower shape | Black conical tower with white band in center, "Spark plug" |
| Focal height | 64 feet (20 m) |
| Original lens | Fifth order Fresnel lens 1899 |
| Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fixed white light[1] |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). |
| ARLHS number | USA-633 |
| USCG number | 1-21095 |
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Orient Point Light Station
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| Nearest city | Orient, New York |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architect | U.S. Lighthouse Board |
| MPS | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 06001229[5] |
| Added to NRHP | January 9, 2007 |
Orient Point Light is a sparkplug lighthouse off Orient Point, New York.[6]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[5]
In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Orient Point Light (along with 11 others) available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them.[7][8]
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 Orient Point Light[9] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
References
- ↑ Fl. W. 5s according to Light List.
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- ↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
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- ↑ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
