Stony Point Light
LocationNew York, U.S.
Coordinates43°50′22″N 76°17′54″W / 43.83944°N 76.29833°W / 43.83944; -76.29833
Tower
ConstructionBrick
Automated1950
Height73 feet (22 m)
ShapeSquare
MarkingsWhite w/ Black Lantern
Light
First lit1869
Deactivated1945
LensFourth Order Fresnel lens

The Stony Point (Henderson) Light is a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Ontario near Henderson Bay in New York. The site was established in 1826, and the original lighthouse was lit in 1869. The light and attached keeper's quarters are currently privately owned. A new light was built in 1945, and it was automated in 1950. This light is maintained by the US Coast Guard. The site is not open to the public.[1]

History

Stony Point (Henderson) Light is listed as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Stony Point (Henderson) Light (Old)". Inventory of Historic Light Stations. NPS. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations

Further reading

  • Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
  • Price, Scott T. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3
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