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Orient Long Beach Bar Light 
Orient Long Beach Bar Light ("Bug Light") Location Off Orient , in Gardiners Bay of Long Island, NY, Coordinates 41°06′32″N 72°18′23″W / 41.10889°N 72.30639°W Year first constructed 1871 Year first lit 1871 Automated 1990 Deactivated 1945-1990 Foundation Concrete and steel caisson Construction Wood Frame Tower shape two story white frame house with mansard roof and attached tower, "Bug Light" Height 58 ft (18 m) Original lens Fifth order, Fresnel 1871 Range 8 nm (8.0×10−12 km) Characteristic Flashing 4 Seconds ARLHS number USA-448 [1] USCG number 1-27975 Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a lighthouse off Orient, New York. It is interesting because it was originally a screwpile lighthouse that was later converted to concrete caisson foundation. Its early appearance as a screwpile lighhouse gave it the nickname "Bug Light" as there were no other such lighthouses in the vicinity.
The Long Beach Bar Light was destroyed in 1963 by fire. A replica was rebuilt (the foundation survived).[2] The building was reassembled in 1990, and re-activated as a navigational aid in 1993.[2]
The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Orient Long Beach Bar Light [3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
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