Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a lighthouse off Orient, New York. It was originally a screwpile lighthouse that was later converted to concrete caisson foundation.[1] Its early appearance as a screwpile lighthouse gave it the nickname "Bug Light" as there were no other such lighthouses in the vicinity.
 Orient Long Beach Bar Light ("Bug Light") | |
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| Location | Off Orient , in Gardiners Bay of Long Island, NY, |
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| Coordinates | 41°6′32″N 72°18′23″W / 41.10889°N 72.30639°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1871 |
| Foundation | Concrete and steel caisson |
| Construction | Wood Frame |
| Automated | 1990 |
| Height | 58 feet (18 m) |
| Shape | two-story white frame house with mansard roof and attached tower, "Bug Light" |
| Markings | white  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1871 |
| Deactivated | 1945-1990 |
| Focal height | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Lens | Fifth order, Fresnel 1871 |
| Range | 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) |
| Characteristic | Flashing 4 Seconds |
The Long Beach Bar Light was destroyed in 1963 by fire. A replica was rebuilt upon the surviving foundation. The building was reassembled in 1990, and re-activated as a navigational aid in 1993.[2]
The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Orient Long Beach Bar Light[3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
References
edit- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
- ^ Müller, Robert G. "Long Beach Bar Lighthouse, NY". Long Island Lighthouses. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards
Gallery
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2006 photo
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Plaque for the light in East Marion
External links
editMedia related to Orient Long Beach Bar Light at Wikimedia Commons
- Long Island Lighthouses: Long Beach Bar Lighthouse