Throgs_Neck_Light References

Throgs Neck Light
	Throgs Neck Lighthouse in 1890
Location	Throgs Neck in New York
Coordinates	40°48′16″N 73°47′26″W / 40.80444°N 73.79056°W
Tower
Constructed	1827
Height	17 m (56 ft)
Shape	Square pyramidal
Markings	White
Fog signal	Bell every 15 seconds
Light
First lit	1906
Deactivated	1934
Focal height	18 m (59 ft)
Lens	1890: Fifth Order Fresnel lens, 1906: Fourth Order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fixed Red

Throgs Neck Light in Throggs Neck, the Bronx, New York, was a wooden lighthouse that was replaced by an iron skeletal tower that is still there. The lighthouse protects ships in the Long Island Sound from running up against the rocks.^[1]

The lighthouse is located on the northeasterly side of Fort Schuyler, southeasterly end of Throgs Neck and on the northerly side of the entrance from Long Island Sound into the East River.

Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: White, square, pyramidal,
skeleton iron tower; lantern, black (1890); Red brick cylindrical tower (1906)
Height: 64+1⁄4 feet (19.6 m) (1890); 35 feet (11 m) (1906)

Chronology

Original wooden lighthouse established in 1827. It was torn down during the construction of the fort.
A new wooden tower replaced the original lighthouse in 1835. It remained in service until 1890.
Replaced by a skeletal tower in 1890.
An oil house was built in 1896.
Skeletal tower replaced in 1906 with a 35-foot red brick tower. Its location was 700 feet (210 m) southwest of the old light.
Light discontinued in 1934 and replaced by a small skeleton tower surmounted with a small signal lamp.

References

^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

External links

Throgs Neck Lighthouse - from Lighthousefriends.com
Throgs Neck Light on the World List of Lights
Throgs Neck Lighthouse - at the National Lighthouse Museum
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

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[USCG_LightList-1] Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

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