Old Field Point Light
Old Field Point Light is a lighthouse within the village of Old Field, New York between the entrances to Port Jefferson Harbor and Stony Brook Harbor on the north shore of Long Island.[2]
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| Location | Old Field, New York, Long Island north shore |
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| Coordinates | 40°58′37.2″N 73°07′06.9″W |
| Year first constructed | 1823 |
| Year first lit | 1869 (Current tower) |
| Automated | 1991 |
| Deactivated | 1933-1991 |
| Foundation | Stone |
| Construction | Wood tower on granite house |
| Tower shape | Octagonal Tower. Black. Originally white with black lantern. |
| Tower height | 74 feet (23 m) from sea level |
| Focal height | 23 metre  |
| Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens | "Modern Beacon" |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Alternating Red and Green 24 s. Red Flash 12, Green Flash 12 s. |
| ARLHS number | USA-563 [1] |
| USCG number | 1-21275 |
The structure is of the same design as lighthouses at Sheffield Island in Norwalk, Connecticut; Morgan Point in Noank, Connecticut; Great Captain Island in Greenwich, Connecticut, Plum Island on Plum Island in New York; and Block Island North on Block Island in Rhode Island.[3]
Cultural
The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Old Field Point Light [4] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
References
- 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. 2007.
- "Great Captain Island, CT" page at LighthouseFriends.com Web site, accessed August 21, 2006
- "Smithsonian lighthouse postcards". Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
