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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
This light marks the approach to New York City from the northeast. The tower was designed by the noted architect Alexander Parris. The location got its name from a reported practice of the British during the American Revolution -- they would supposedly chain prisoners on the nearby reef and allow the high tide to kill them. Nobody knows if this really happened.
Tower Height: 60
Height of Focal Plane: 62
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 10 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, conical granite tower with brown band around middle, attached to keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
2.5 story granite keeper's house.
Date Established: 1850
Date Present Tower Built: 1850
Date Automated: 1979
Optics: 18??: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now APRB-251, solar powered.
Fog Signal: Originally bell, now automated horn.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Accessible by boat only.
Keepers: Leonard Clark (c. 1920s), Adam L. Kohlman (assistant, c. 1920s), Tom Buckridge (?-1979); George Clark (?-1979).
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