Staten Island Light
| Staten Island Range Rear | ||
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| Place: | New York City | |
| Location: | New York , United States | |
| Geographical location: | 40 ° 34 '33.9 " N , 74 ° 8' 28.5" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 90 ft (27.4 m ) | |
| Fire height : | 231 ft (70.4 m ) | |
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| Identifier : | FW | |
| Scope knows: | 18 nm (33.3 km ) | |
| Optics: | Second order Fresnel lens | |
| Function: | Top fire | |
| Operating time: | since 1912 | |
| International ordinal number: |
Admiralty : J1082 USCG : 1-34795 ARLHS : USA-809 |
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Staten Island Range Light (also known as Ambrose Channel Range Light ) is a lighthouse located backwards to the West Bank Light in the New York borough of Staten Island . The 27 m high tower stands on Richmond Hill ( Lighthouse Hill ) at a point 42 m above sea level and more than eight kilometers northwest of the West Bank Lighthouse. The light from the lighthouse is fixed and can be seen from a distance of 18 nautical miles. The base of the lighthouse is made of gray limestone , the tower itself is made of yellow bricks . The tower has an octagonal shape.
The lighthouse was declared a New York City Landmark in 1968 . He is still an aid to navigating all ships entering the Ambrose Channel in Lower New York Bay . In 2005, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places under the name Staten Island Light .
supporting documents
- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
- ^ Staten Island Range Lighthouse, New York @ Lighthousefriends.com
- ^ Staten Island Lighthouse . U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, NY. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ↑ a b National Lighthouse Museum - Staten Island Lighthouse ( Memento of the original dated August 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved March 13, 2009.
Web links
- Lighthouse Friends site (photo)
- USCG list of Fresnel lenses still in operation December 2008
- Coast Guard list of Lighthouses (PDF; 105 kB)
- Coast Guard list of assets
- National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations
- National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations