Cedar Island Light

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Cedar Island Light
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Cedar Island Light
LocationCedar Point County Park, Sag Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Long Island
Coordinates 41°2′26.9″N72°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  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Light
First lit1839
Deactivated1934
Focal height57 feet (17 m)
LensSixth order Fresnel 1855
Range5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
Characteristic Fl G 4s - Flashing Green 4 s
Cedar Island Lighthouse
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Cedar Island Lighthouse at Cedar Point County Park
Nearest city Sag Harbor, New York
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1868
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 03000248 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 18, 2003

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

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History

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

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.

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References

  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.