Danskammer Point Light
LocationNew York, U.S.
Coordinates41°34′22″N 73°57′53″W / 41.572778°N 73.964722°W / 41.572778; -73.964722
Tower
Constructed1885 (1885)
Height31 feet (9.4 m)
MarkingsWhite wooden tower
Fog signalBell struck every 20 seconds
Light
Deactivated1920s

Danskammer Point Light was a lighthouse on Danskammer Point in the Town of Newburgh in New York, along the banks of the Hudson River.[1][2] It was later demolished and is now the site of the Danskammer Generating Station.

Notes

  1. ARLHS World List of Lights
  2. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, Corrected to January 1, 1893, Government Printing Office, 1893.

References

  • Lighthouse Friends site
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  • Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Lighthouse Depot info Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  • Devil's Dance Chamber


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