Staten Island Light

Staten Island Rear Range
Tower


Location	New York City
Coordinates	40°34′33.8″N 74°08′28.5″W / 40.576056°N 74.141250°W / 40.576056; -74.141250^[1]
Constructed	1912
Foundation	Grey limestone
Construction	Yellow Brick
Height	90 feet (27 m)
Shape	Octagonal
Markings	Natural
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place, New York City Landmark

Light
First lit	1912
Focal height	231 feet (70 m)
Lens	Second Order Fresnel lens
Range	18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic	Fixed White (F W) (lit 24 hours, visible only on range)

The Staten Island Range Light, also known as the Ambrose Channel Range Light, is the rear range light companion to the West Bank Lighthouse.^[5] Built in 1912, the 90-foot tower sits more than five miles northwest of the West Bank Lighthouse, on Staten Island’s Richmond Hill (Lighthouse Hill), 141 feet above sea level. It shows a fixed white light that can be seen for 18 miles (on range only).^[6]

It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1968 and remains a valuable aid to navigation for ships entering the Ambrose Channel in Lower New York Bay.^[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[4]

References

^ "Staten Island Lighthouse". US Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, NY. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Staten Island Range Lighthouse, New York at Lighthousefriends.com
^ ^a ^b National Lighthouse Museum - Staten Island Lighthouse Archived 2007-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

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