Stony Point (Henderson) Light
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Year first lit | 1869 |
Automated | 1950 |
Deactivated | 1945 |
Construction | Brick |
Tower shape | Square |
Markings / pattern | White w/ Black Lantern |
Height | 73 feet (22 m) |
Original lens | Fourth Order Fresnel lens |
ARLHS number | USA-814 [1] |
The Stony Point (Henderson) Light is a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Ontario near Henderson Bay in New York. The site was established in 1826, and the original lighthouse was lit in 1869. The light and attached keeper's quarters are currently privately owned. A new light was built in 1945, and it was automated in 1950. This light is maintained by the US Coast Guard. The site is not open to the public.[2]
History
Stony Point (Henderson) Light is listed as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.[3]
References
- ↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
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- ↑ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations
Further reading
- Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
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- U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3
External links
- Lighthouse Friends site
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- National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
- NPS for Stony Point on Henderson Bay
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