Barnegat

Year Established:
1835
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2008
Photo Credit:
Jeff Gales
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
NORTH END LONG BEACH ISLAND
Latitude:
39° 45.52'
Longitude:
74° 06.24'
U.S. State:
New Jersey
Location County:
OCEAN
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. Barnegat
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1944
Year Tower Established:
1858
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK/IRON
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE CRIB
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
163feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
150 feet
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1889
Keeper's Quarters Style:
VICTORIAN COTTAGES

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1858
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017