Danskammer Point Light

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Danskammer Point Light
Danskammer Point Light
Location New York, U.S.
Coordinates 41°34′22″N73°57′53″W / 41.572778°N 73.964722°W / 41.572778; -73.964722 Coordinates: 41°34′22″N73°57′53″W / 41.572778°N 73.964722°W / 41.572778; -73.964722
Tower
Constructed1885;138 years ago (1885)
Height31 feet (9.4 m)
MarkingsWhite wooden tower
Fog signal Bell struck every 20 seconds
Light
Deactivated1920s

Danskammer Point Light was a lighthouse on Danskammer Point in the Town of Newburgh in New York, along the banks of the Hudson River. [1] [2] It was later demolished and is now the site of the Danskammer Generating Station.

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  1. ARLHS World List of Lights
  2. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, Corrected to January 1, 1893, Government Printing Office, 1893.

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