Whitestone Point Light

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Whitestone Point Post Light

Whitestone Point Post Light, 1915
Location	Whitesone Point, Southerly side of East River, New York
Coordinates	40°48′06″N 73°49′10″W / 40.80167°N 73.81944°W / 40.80167; -73.81944
Year first lit	1889
Deactivated	Active
Construction	Steel
Tower shape	Square pyramidal frame tower on piers; lower part, white; upper, wood-color (1889); black skeleton tower (post-1915)
Height	20 ft (6.1 m)
Focal height	56 ft (17 m)
Original lens	Lens lantern
Range	3 nmi (5.6 km)
Characteristic	Fixed white
Fog signal	Bell struck by machinery a double blow every 30 seconds
ARLHS number	USA-889 ^[1]
USCG number	1-27215 ^[2]

Whitestone Point Light is located in Whitestone, Queens.

References [edit]

^ ARLHS World List of Lights
^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

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