Danskammer Point Light

Danskammer Point Light was a lighthouse on Danskammer Point in the Town of Newburgh in New York, along the banks of the Hudson River. It was later demolished and is now the site of the Danskammer Generating Station.

Danskammer Point Lighthouse
LocationNew York, U.S.
Coordinates41°34′22″N 73°57′53″W
Year first constructed1885
Markings / patternWhite wooden tower
Tower height31 feet (9.4 m)
Fog signalBell struck every 20 seconds
ARLHS numberUSA-1188 [1]
USCG number319 [2]

Notes
  1. ARLHS World List of Lights
  2. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, Corrected to January 1, 1893, Government Printing Office, 1893.
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References
  • 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.
  • Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Lighthouse Depot info
  • Devil's Dance Chamber


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