North Brother Island Light
North Brother Island Light was a lighthouse located on North Brother Island in the East River in New York City.[2] The lighthouse was at the southern tip of the island. Before the lighthouse was erected, the island was uninhabited and saw no formal use.[3] The tower utilized an occulting light which lit for five seconds and eclipsed for five seconds. It stood 47 feet above the water.[4]
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Location | North Brother Island, East River, New York Harbor |
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Coordinates | 40°47′57.3″N 73°53′58.5″W |
Year first constructed | 1869 |
Deactivated | 1953 |
Construction | Wood tower |
Tower shape | Octagonal Tower |
ARLHS number | USA-551 [1] |
Notes
- ARLHS World List of Lights
- Smithsonian lighthouse postcards Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Archives Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Collection #1055 (subset), with nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Burgess, Anika (June 6, 2015). "See the Abandoned and Inaccessible Island Where Typhoid Mary Died". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic coast. From Point Judith to New York. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1917. p. 166. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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