Cedar Island Light

Summary

Cedar Island Light is a lighthouse in Cedar Point County Park in East Hampton, New York. It overlooks Gardiners Bay.

Cedar Island Light
Map
LocationCedar Point County Park, Sag Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Long Island
Coordinates41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W / 41.040806°N 72.260972°W / 41.040806; -72.260972
Tower
Constructed1839
FoundationMasonry pier
ConstructionGranite
Automated1934
Height30 feet (9.1 m)
ShapeSquare unpainted granite
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1839
Deactivated1934
Focal height57 feet (17 m)
LensSixth order Fresnel 1855
Range5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
CharacteristicFl G 4s - Flashing Green 4 s
Cedar Island Lighthouse
Cedar Island Lighthouse at Cedar Point County Park
Nearest citySag Harbor, New York
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1868
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.03000248[1]
Added to NRHPApril 18, 2003

History edit

The 40-foot (12 m) granite lighthouse was decommissioned in 1934 and replaced by an automatic light on a steel skeleton at breakwater. The lighthouse, built in the Italianate style, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Cultural edit

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Cedar Island Light[3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

References edit

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. Archived from the original on 2007-06-01.
  3. ^ "Lighthouse Postcards - Cedar Island". Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Archived from the original on 2009-07-08.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Cedar Point Lighthouse (Northwest Harbor, New York) at Wikimedia Commons
  • Cedar Island Light on the World List of Lights
  • Cedar Island Lighthouse - from Lighthousefriends.com
  • Suffolk County Park Site
  • National Park Service List of New York Lighthouses Archived 2007-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  • U. S. Lighthouse Society’s The Keeper’s Log – Winter, 2007