Type:
Year Established:
1853
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
West Point NY 1878.jpg (1.94 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1878
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Hudson River
Latitude:
41° 23.8'
Longitude:
73° 57.1'
City / Town:
WEST POINT
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1946
Disposition:
Replaced by Steel Skeletal Tower in 1946
Year Tower Established:
1872
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
38.5
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
20
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL VICTORIAN
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1853
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1853
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018