- Robbins Reef Light
Infobox Lighthouse
caption = Robbins Reef Light Station
location =Bayonne, New Jersey
coordinates = coord|40.6574|N|74.0656|W
yearlit = 1883
automated = 1966
yeardeactivated = N/A
foundation = Granite block
construction = Brick / Cast iron
shape = Conical
height = 46 feet
lens = Fourth orderFresnel lens
range =
characteristic =The Robbins Reef Light Station is a
lighthouse located off Constable Hook inBayonne, New Jersey along the west side of Main Channel,Upper New York Bay . The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883. It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. The U.S. Coast Guard owns and operates the light station. Also called "Kate's Light" for Kate Walker who "manned" the station alone from the death of her husband Jacob in 1886 until 1919. She rowed her children toStaten Island for school.External links
* [http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/data_menu.shtml?stn=8530973+Robbins+Reef&type=Physical%20Oceanographic%20Real-Time%20System&port=ny Robbins Reef] Data for station ID 8530973, Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System
NOAA .
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/Maritime/light/robbins.htm Robbins Reef Light] in NPS.
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=582 Robbins Reef Lighthouse] - from Lighthousefriends.com
* [http://www.lighthousemuseum.org/kate1.htm Kate Walker] , Keeper of Robbins Reef Light, 1894-1919, National Lighthouse Museum, 2001.
* [http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/webby/njlighthouses/robbinsreef.html Robbins Reef Lighthouse] Lighthouses of the New Jersey Shore.
*"Mind the Light, Katie: The History of Thirty-three Female lighthouse Keepers", Mary Louise Clifford and J. Candace Clifford, 2006. (ISBN 0-9636412-7-1)
* [http://jacketmagazine.com/23/lewis.html "3 Poems (from Robbins Reef Light)"] , Joel Lewis, "Jacket Magazine" 23, August, 2003.
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/131lighthouse/index.htm "Navesink Lighthouse and Robbins Reef Lighthouse: Lighting the Way Through New York Bay," a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]
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