- Esopus Meadows Light
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Esopus Meadows Light 2000 Location West side of Hudson river Year first constructed 1839 Year first lit 1872 (current tower) Automated 1965 Deactivated 19652003 Foundation Granite pier on piles Construction Wood Tower shape Octagonal on square house Markings / pattern White house with red mansard roof Focal height 52 feet (16 m) Original lens 5th order Fresnel lens, 1872 Range 6 nm Characteristic Flashing White, 2.5s Fog signal Bell (Removed) Admiralty number J1140.08 ARLHS number USA-276 USCG number 1-38155[1] Esopus Meadows LighthouseLocation: Hudson River, Esopus, New York Coordinates: 41°52′6.2″N 73°56′29.8″W / 41.868389°N 73.941611°WCoordinates: 41°52′6.2″N 73°56′29.8″W / 41.868389°N 73.941611°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1871 Architectural style: Second Empire Governing body: U.S. Coast Guard MPS: Hudson River Lighthouses TR NRHP Reference#: 79001638
[4]Added to NRHP: May 29, 1979 Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, nicknamed "Maid of the Meadows" and often simply referred to as the Esopus Light or Middle Hudson River Light[2] is a lighthouse on the Hudson River near Esopus, New York. The lighthouse stands on the west side of the channel, in the river, its granite foundation built atop piles that have been driven into the riverbed, and is accessible only by boat.
Construction of the first lighthouse on the site began in 1838 when the land was ceded for $1.00 by the town of Esopus to the US government and the US government appropriated $6,000 to build the light. The light became active in 1839. It was a twin to the Roundout II lighthouse further north up the Hudson river. By 1867, however, the building was heavily damaged by flood and ice and funds for a new lighthouse were appropriated in 1870.
The current lighthouse was completed in 1871 and is the last wooden lighthouse in existence on the Hudson and the only Hudson lighthouse with a clapboard exterior. It was lighted in 1872. One of a group of lighthouses in the Northeast built to an award-winning design by a Vermont architect, Esopus Meadows Light has sister lights at Rose Island Light, Sabin Point, Pomham Rocks, and Colchester Reef. Esopus Meadows Light was closed in 1965 and by the 1990s it had fallen into a state of disrepair. The most serious problem was the deterioration of the foundation, which had begun to fall apart due to ice damage.[5]
The Save Esopus Lighthouse Commission leased the lighthouse from the United States Coast Guard in 1990 for the purposes of restoration. They eventually took ownership in September 2002, as part of the pilot program for the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.[6] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as Esopus Meadows Lighthouse.
Esopus Meadows Light is shown on the NOAA Chart 12347.[7]
Reference list
- ^ (PDF) Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 317. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V1.pdf.
- ^ a b "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. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Elise Marie Barry (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Esopus Meadows Light". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6475. Retrieved 2010-03-20. See also: "Accompanying photo". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6476.
- ^ Horrigan, Jeremiah (June 13, 2002). Hudson lighthouses given as gifts. Kingston, NY: Times Herald-Record. http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2002/06/13/jhlighth.htm.
- ^ NOAA Chart 12347
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