Cumberland Head Light
Cumberland Head Light is a lighthouse on Lake Champlain's Cumberland Bay in New York state.
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| Location | Cumberland Bay on Lake Champlain in New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°41′29″N 73°23′7″W |
| Year first constructed | 1838 |
| Year first lit | 1868 |
| Deactivated | 1934-2003 |
| Foundation | Concrete and Limestone |
| Construction | Limestone |
| Tower shape | Conical |
| Tower height | 15 metre  |
| Focal height | 23 metre |
| Original lens | Fourth Order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 7 nautical mile |
| Characteristic | Flashing White 4 seconds |
| ARLHS number | USA-211 [1] |
| USCG number | 1-39380 [2] |
The lighthouse was established in 1838 and the tower was first lit in 1868. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1934. The foundation of the lighthouse is concrete and limestone and the lighthouse itself is made out of limestone. The shape of the tower is conical. The original lens was a fourth order Fresnel lens installed in 1856.
References
External links
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
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.
- Scott T. Price. "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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