Stuyvesant Light
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Location | Stuyvesant, New York |
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Year first constructed | 1829 |
Year first lit | 1868 |
Deactivated | 1933 |
Foundation | Granite pier |
Construction | Square tower in sw angle of dwelling |
Markings / pattern | Red |
Height | 32 feet (9.8 m) |
Focal height | 42 feet (13 m) |
Original lens | Sixth Order Fresnel lens |
Range | 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) |
Characteristic | Fixed Red |
Fog signal | none |
ARLHS number | USA-824 |
USCG number | 338 in 1893 Light list [2] |
Stuyvesant Light was also known as Kinderhook Light.
In 1835, the lightkeeper was John Carroll, born in New York and paid $300 for the year.
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