Cold Spring Harbor Light House (Former)

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Light House (see picture) was moved to another location. The remaining foundation survives.

Station Established: 1890
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1890
Operational? NO
Automated? UNK
Deactivated: 1965
Foundation Materials: CAST IRON/CONCRETE CAISSON
Construction Materials: ORIG. WOOD
Tower Shape: SKELETAL/ORIG. SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Height: 35-FOOT TOWER ON A CAISSON, 44 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Markings/Pattern: ORIG. WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Characteristics: Fixed red light

Chronology:

1875, March 3: $20,000 was appropriated for the construction of the light.
1889 Construction of the light was started.
1890 The finished lighthouse was built on a caisson in Cold Spring Harbor.
1890, January 31: The light was first lit.
1919: An inspection of the light revealed $12,800 in damage was done to the light by ice.
1929: The light was refitted with an oil vapor lamp.
1965: The light was deactivated and moved to private property. A local resident saved the light from destruction by purchasing the light for $1 and moving it to her property where the light still resides.


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