Alternate Name(s):
Rattlesnake Island
Type:
Year Established:
1830
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
Coxsackie NY 1868-1940 gone.jpg (1.05 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1908
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Upper Hudson River
Latitude:
42° 22.47'
Longitude:
73° 47.42'
City / Town:
COXSACKIE
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1939
Disposition:
Historic Tower Wiped Out by Ice, Granite Base Survives; Replaced with Modern Skeletal Tower Contructed in 1928
Year Tower Established:
1868
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE/CONCRETE CRIB
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
41 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
32 Feet
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1868
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BURNED 1939
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1868
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018