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Notes:
This long abandoned lighthouse is severely endangered by neglect. The 1839 tower also still stands, minus its lantern (separate entry).
Height of Focal Plane: 128
Description of Tower: Skeletal cast iron tower with integral keeper's quarters near base, on screw pile foundation.
Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is not operational
Earlier Towers?
1832: 65-foot tower; 1839: Conical brick tower.
Date Established: 1832
Date Present Tower Built: 1873
Date Deactivated: c. 1953
Optics: 1863: Fourth order Fresnel lens; 1873: First order Fresnel lens
Current Use: Abandoned.
Open To Public? No.
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