West Bank Light
| West Bank Lighthouse | ||
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| Place: | Staten Island , New York City , USA | |
| Location: | Ambrose Channel , Lower New York Bay | |
| Geographical location: | 40 ° 32 '17 " N , 74 ° 2' 34" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 16.8 | |
| Fire height : | 20.8 | |
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| Optics: | 300 mm Fresnel lens 4th order | |
| Operating mode: | automatic (since 1985) | |
| Construction time: | 1901 | |
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Admiralty : J1081 ARLHS : USA-876 USCG : 1-34790 |
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West Bank Light is a lighthouse in Lower New York Bay and serves as the leading beacon for the Ambrose Channel . The facility is in operation and cannot be viewed by the public. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 2007 .
The structure is a conical cast iron tower that was built in 1901 and raised seven years later. It stands on a foundation made of cast reinforced concrete . In 1985 the system was automated. Staten Island Light is a leading light .
On May 29, 2007, the United States Department of the Interior decided that the West Bank Light was no longer needed under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 and put it up for sale.
The 55 foot (17 m) high tower stands in the water at the southern end of the West Bank. It can be seen from South Beach, Staten Island, and the Coney Island boardwalk, but access is only possible by water. A breakwater about twelve meters long protects the mooring.
Because no institution agreed to maintain the lighthouse under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, the West Bank Light was put up for auction on June 5, 2008 by the General Services Administration . The reserve price was US $ 10,000 , but the property was finally knocked down on August 27, 2008 for the price of US $ 245,000.
Web links
- Lighthouse Friends site
- National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
- NPS West Bank
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved October 15, 2011.