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Managing Organization:
Rock I. Lighthouse Historical & Memorial Assoc.
Website: http://rockislandlighthouse.org
Email:
Contact Address Information:
1328 Q St. NW #2
Washington
District of Columbia, 20009, United States
Notes:
The Rock Island Lighthouse Historical & Memorial Association is working for the preservation of the light, its grounds, and facilities, in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation, which administers the island.
Tower Height: 60
Description of Tower: White, conical cast iron tower on limestone base.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1882 1.5 story keeper's house, boathouse, workshop, smokehouse, generator house, carpenter's shop.
Earlier Towers?
1847: Lantern on roof of keeper's house.
Date Established: 1847
Date Present Tower Built: 1882
Tower Moved?
1894
Date Deactivated: 1958
Optics: 18??: Sixth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Attraction in state park.
Open To Public? Yes
Directions:
Accessible by boat only. Private boaters may stop here, and the lighthouse is usually open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in summer. For more information call (315) 654-2522. The lighthouse can be seen from a cruise offered by Long Legg Charters -- see www.geocities.com/fishlonglegg/lighthouse.html or call 315-482-3677. Rock Island Light can also be seen fairly distantly from along the shore in Fisher's Landing on Route 180 off Route 12, and from Wellesley Island in Thousand Islands State Park. Helicopter tours of the Thousand Islands region are available -- call North Country Helicopter at (315) 482-5722 for information. Bill Edwards writes the following: "I was NOT able to see this one from Fisher's Landing, but here are my directions to a viewpoint: Take Interstate 81, take exit 50, go south on Route 12 to Fisher's landing on Route 180, west of Route 12. As you come up on the boat landing, turn left (south) on Reed's Point Rd., take it practically all the way to the dead end. On your right (west) side, through private properties, you can see it."
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Chesterfield Pearsons (1848-1849); John B. Collins (1849-1853); William Johnston (1853-1861); S.E. Spaulding (1861-1865); Joseph Collins (1865-1870); Willard L. Cook (1870-1879); Foster M. Drake (1879-1886); Michael J. Diepolder (1886-1901); Emma E. Diepolder (1901); Eugene J. Butler (1901-1912); John C. Belden (1912-?); Frank K. Ward (1939-1941); J.W. Van Ingern (Coast Guard, 1955); Dennis Carroll (Coast Guard (1955-1956); John T. Trucker (Coast Guard (1956)
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