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Whitestone Point Light 
Summary
Whitestone Point Light is located in Whitestone, Queens.[1][2]
 Whitestone Point Post Light, 1915 | |
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| Location | Whitesone Point, Southerly side of East River, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′06″N 73°49′10″W / 40.80167°N 73.81944°W |
| Tower | |
| Construction | Steel |
| Height | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
| Shape | Square pyramidal frame tower on piers; lower part, white; upper, wood-color (1889); black skeleton tower (post-1915) |
| Fog signal | Bell struck by machinery a double blow every 30 seconds |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1889 |
| Deactivated | Active |
| Focal height | 56 feet (17 m) |
| Lens | Lens lantern |
| Range | 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fixed white |
References edit
- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.