Gardiners Island Light

Year Established:
1854
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2005
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Gardiners Bay
Latitude:
41° 8.16'
Longitude:
72° 8.13'
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Gardiners Island Light
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1894
Disposition:
Replaced by Buoy 1894
Year Tower Established:
1870
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
33
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
26
Tower Shape:
On Dwelling
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1870

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018