Rockland Lake Light

Year Established:
1894
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1915
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Hudson River
Latitude:
41° 8.49'
Longitude:
73° 54.18'
City / Town:
UPPER NYACK
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Rockland Lake Light
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1923
Disposition:
Dismantled 1923 and Replaced by Red Skeletal Tower on a White Tankhouse
Year Tower Established:
1894
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
CAST IRON/CONCRETE CAISSON
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
50
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL
Tower Daymark:
Black
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1894

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1894
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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