- Danskammer Point Light
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Danskammer Point Lighthouse Year first constructed 1885 Markings / pattern White wooden tower Height 31 ft (9.4 m) Fog signal Bell struck every 20 seconds ARLHS number USA-1188 [1] USCG number 319 [2] Danskammer Point Light was a lighthouse on Danskammer Point in the Town of Newburgh in New York, along the banks of the Hudson River. It was later demolished and is now the site of the Danskammer Generating Station.
References
- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
- ^ List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, corrected to January 1, 1893, Government Printing Office, 1893
"Light Station Struck by Lightning. Report of James H. Wiest, Keeper of Danskammer Point Light Station, N. Y." Lighthouse Service Bulletin I, 34 (Oct 1934), p. 134.
Warren Mumford article about Danskammer Light
External links
- Lighthouse Friends site
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHNY.asp.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nydn.htm.
- Lighthouse Depot info
- Devil's Dance Chamber
Further reading
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