North Brother Island Light

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North Brother Island Light
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North Brother Island Light
Location North Brother Island, East River, New York Harbor
Coordinates 40°47′57.3″N73°53′58.5″W / 40.799250°N 73.899583°W / 40.799250; -73.899583
Tower
Constructed1869
ConstructionWood tower
ShapeOctagonal Tower
Light
Deactivated1953

North Brother Island Light was a lighthouse located on North Brother Island in the East River in New York City. [1] [2] The lighthouse was at the southern tip of the island. Before the lighthouse was erected, the island was uninhabited and saw no formal use. [3] The tower utilized an occulting light which lit for five seconds and eclipsed for five seconds. It stood 47 feet above the water. [4]

Notes

  1. Smithsonian lighthouse postcards Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine . Archives Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Collection #1055 (subset), with nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
  2. ARLHS World List of Lights
  3. Burgess, Anika (June 6, 2015). "See the Abandoned and Inaccessible Island Where Typhoid Mary Died". Vanity Fair . Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic coast. From Point Judith to New York. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1917. p. 166. Retrieved 17 May 2018.


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