Type:
Year Established:
1886
Existing:
Yes
Source:
Wikipedia
Download:
Liberty31.JPG (3.04 MB)
File Type:
JPG (image/jpeg)
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
BEDLOE ISLAND/NEW YORK HARBOR
Latitude:
40° 41.21'
Longitude:
74° 2.42'
City / Town:
JERSEY CITY
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1902
Year Tower Established:
1886
Tower Construction Material:
THIN COPPER SHEETS
Tower Foundation:
IRON FRAMEWORK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
320
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
305
Tower Shape:
LADY LIBERTY
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Keeper's Quarters Style:
MEDITERANEAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
STUCCO
Other Structures:
2 OTHER KEEPERS
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
9 ELECTRIC ARC LAMPS inside small Fresnel Lenses
Year Original Lens Installed:
1886
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017