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Navesink Twin Lights - North Tower

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Nearest Town or City:	Highlands New Jersey United States
Location:	Approach to New York Harbor.
Managing Organization:	Twin Lights Historical Society
Website:	http://www.twin-lights.org
Notes:	The Navesink Twin Lights were the first American lighthouses to use Fresnel lenses (1841), the first to use kerosene as a fuel source (1883), and the first to be electrified (1898).
Tower Height:	73
Description Tower:	Octagonal brownstone (unpainted) tower on fortress-type structure.
Operational:	Yes
Date Established:	1828
Date Present Tower Built:	1862
Current Use:	Private aid to navigation, museum.
Open To Public:	Yes
Directions:	West in NJ Route 36: In Highlands, just after crossing the drawbridge on Route 36, take the cloverleaf right downhill to Bay Avenue and turn right. Turn right again at Highland Avenue. Turn left onto a steep, narrow uphill road, marked with a "Twin Lights State Historic Site" sign. Follow to the parking area. NOTE: The road leading to the lighthouse is a very steep, narrow, winding residential road where accidents occur frequently. Visitors should exercise extreme caution. East on Route 36, before reaching the drawbridge turn right at Portland Road and right again at Highland Avenue.
Other Buildings:	Integral fortress-type brownstone keeper's quarters, generator building.
Optics:	1841: Second-order Fresnel lens (revolving); 1862: First-order Fresnel lens; 1962: Sixth-order Fresnel lens.
Height Focal Plane:	246
National Register:	Yes
Alternate Name1:	Highlands of Navesink Lights
Telephone:	7328721814
Email:	curator@twin-lights.org
Contact Address:	Lighthouse Road
City:	Highlands
State:	New Jersey
Postal Code:	07732
Country:	United States
Museum:	The museum contains exhibits about the lighthouses and the United States Life Saving Service. The public can also visit the Spermacetti Cove L.S.S. life boat station, built circa 1849. It was moved here from Sandy Hook in 1954 and presently houses the museum's boat collection. The North Tower is open during museum hours and may be climbed by visitors. The South Tower is open only when staffing is available. Organized groups requesting guided tours must make arrangements in advance. The museum is open Memorial Day to Labor Day daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Labor Day to Memorial Day Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on some holidays.
Date Deactivated:	1898-1962
Earlier Towers:	1828: Two identical rubblestone towers.

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