Whitestone Point Light

Whitestone Point Light

Infobox Lighthouse


caption = Whitestone Point Post Light, 1915
location = Whitesone Point, Southerly side of East River, New York
coordinates = coord|40|48|06|N|73|49|10|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1889
automated =
yeardeactivated = Active
foundation =
construction = Steel
shape = Square pyramidal frame tower on piers; lower part, white; upper, wood-color (1889); black skeleton tower (post-1915)
height = 20 ft, 56 ft above sea level.
lens = Lens lantern
range = 3 nm
characteristic = Fixed white; Fog Signal: Bell struck by machinery a double blow every 30 seconds

Whitestone Point Light in Whitestone, Queens is listed as number 27215 in [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/LightLists.htm USCG light lists] .


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