Elm Tree Beacon Light

Lighthouse in Staten Island, New York
Lighthouse
40°33′50″N 74°5′43″W / 40.56389°N 74.09528°W / 40.56389; -74.09528TowerConstructed1856FoundationBrickConstruction1856: Wood, 1939: ConcreteHeight59 feet (18 m)ShapeSquare CylindricalMarkings1856: painted in bands, two white and one red, red roof on lantern, 1939: NaturalLightFirst lit1856Deactivated1964CharacteristicFixed White - visible on Range line only

Elm Tree Beacon Light served as the front range with New Dorp Light as the rear to mark Swash Channel.[1] The channel is now marked by Staten Island Light and West Bank Light.

Elm Tree Beacon Light, Rebuilt in 1939

References

  1. ^ ARLHS World List of Lights

External links

  • Lighthouse Friends site
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
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  • ARLHS


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