Alternate Name(s):
Plum Gut
Type:
Year Established:
1827
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2005
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
LONG ISLAND SOUND/GARDINER'S BAY
Latitude:
41° 10.4'
Longitude:
72° 12.7'
City / Town:
ORIENT
U.S. State:
New York
Location County:
SUFFOLK
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1978
Year Tower Established:
1869
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE DWELLING/WOOD TOWER
Tower Foundation:
DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
74.75
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
46
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1870
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
GRANITE
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE, CLAPBOARD STORAGE SHED
OPTICS
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
Current tower built in 1869.