Plum Island Light
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This article is about a historic lighthouse in New York State. For the range lights in Wisconsin, see Plum Island Range Lights. For the historic lighthouse in Rhode Island, see Plum Beach Light. For the lighthouse on Plum Island, Massachusetts, see Newburyport Harbor Light.
Plum Island Light is located on the western end of Plum Island, which lies in the Long Island Sound, east of Orient Point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, New York.[1][2] An historic granite lighthouse originally built in 1869 sits at the site, but no longer serves as an active aid to navigation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[3]
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Location | Plum Island (New York) |
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Coordinates | 41°10′25.20″N 72°12′41.47″W |
Tower | |
Construction | second light on granite house (1869) metal tower (1978) |
Automated | 1978 |
Height | 50 feet (15 m) from sea level |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Light | |
First lit | 1827 |
Focal height | 15 m (49 ft) |
Lens | 10 whale oil lamps (1827) Sixth-order fresnel (1856) Fourth-order fresnel (1897) Automated flash (1978) |
Range | 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) |
Characteristic | 2.5 second White flash |
Plum Island Light Station | |
NRHP reference No. | 11000014 |
Added to NRHP | February 11, 2011 |
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A short distance northwest is a 14 feet (4.3 m) metal tower that holds the automated light that has served as an aid to navigation since the earlier light was decommissioned in 1978.[4]