Great Beds Light

Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Raritan Bay in South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy. It was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Perth Amboy waterfront with view to lighthouse

Great Beds Light

Great Beds Light
Location	Raritan Bay, South Amboy, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°29′12″N 74°15′12″W
Year first constructed	1880
Year first lit	1880
Automated	1945
Foundation	Caisson
Construction	Cast iron
Tower shape	White conical tower on black conical pier with black lantern
Tower height	61 feet (19 m)
Focal height	19 metre
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel 1880
Range	6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
Characteristic	Flashing red, 6 s
Heritage	place listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Great Beds Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Architectural style	US Lighthouse Board
NRHP reference No.	08000467[1]
NJRHP No.	4106[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 29, 2008
Designated NJRHP	March 6, 2008

Lighthouses of Raritan Bay

• Chapel Hill Rear Range Light, Sandy Hook Bay (deactivated 1957)
• Conover Beacon, Leonardo
• Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands
• Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Sandy Hook

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• Geography of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary
• Raritan Bayshore

References

1. "New Jersey - Middlesex". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2010.