Sleepy Hollow (Tarrytown) Lighthouse | interesting place

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Station Established: 1883
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1883
Operational? NO
Automated? YES 1957
Deactivated: 1961
Foundation Materials: STONE PIER/CAST IRON CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Tower Shape: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM & RED BASE
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1883NAME OF LIGHT: Tarrytown (Kingsland Point) Light
LOCATION: Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow, NY
DATE BUILT: 1882 - 1883
HEIGHT: 56 feet (height of focal plane), 60 feet (top of lighthouse)
CHARACTERISTICS: fourth order Fresnel (1883)
FOGHORN: Bell

Chronology:

1883, October 1: Light was first lit with Jacob Ackerman as the first keeper.
1957: Light was automated; its flashing red light was reduced from 7000 to1500 candle power.
1958: Building of the Tappan Zee Bridge made the lighthouse obsolete.
1965: The light was decommissioned.
1974: Westchester County acquired the lighthouse.
1979: Light was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Late 1970's: The footbridge connecting the shore to the tower was built. Over time, landfills had filled in the shoreline within feet of the tower.
2002: Occasional tours of the lighthouse are available from the Westchester County Department of Parks

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Coordinates:   41°5'2"N   73°52'27"W
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