RONDOUT CREEK

Year Established:
1838
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1994
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
KINGSTON POINT/HUDSON RIVER
Latitude:
41° 55.3'
Longitude:
73° 57.8'
City / Town:
KINGSTON
U.S. State:
New York
Location County:
ULSTER
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

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

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1915
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE PIER W/WOOD PILES
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
40.5
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
32
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Tower Daymark:
Gray
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1915
Keeper's Quarters Style:
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
2 CISTERNS IN BASEMENT

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
250 MM
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors later SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1868
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Tower Height from 1908 Light List.


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