Throgs Neck Light

Throgs Neck Lighthouse
	Throgs Neck Lighthouse in 1890
Location	Throgs Neck in New York
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Year first constructed	1827
Year first lit	1906
Deactivated	1934
Tower shape	Square pyramidal
Markings / pattern	White
Original lens	1890: Fifth Order Fresnel lens, 1906: Fourth Order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fixed White
Fog signal	Bell every 15 seconds
ARLHS number	USA-846
USCG number	1-21520

Throgs Neck Lighthouse in the Bronx, New York, USA was a wooden lighthouse that was replaced by an iron skeletal tower that is still there. The lighthouse protects ships in the Long Island Sound from running up against the rocks

The lighthouse is located on the northeasterly side of Fort Schuyler, southeasterly end of Throgs Neck and on the northerly side of the entrance from Long Island Sound into the East River.

Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: White, square, pyramidal,
skeleton iron tower; lantern, black (1890); Red brick cylindrical tower (1906)
Height: Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). (1890); 35 feet (11 m) (1906)

Chronology

Original wooden lighthouse established in 1827. It was torn down during the construction of the fort.
A new wooden tower replaced the original lighthouse in 1835. It remained in service until 1890.
Replaced by a skeletal tower in 1890.
An oil house was built in 1896.
Skeletal tower replaced in 1906 with a 35-foot red brick tower. Its location was 700 feet (210 m) southwest of the old light.
Light discontinued in 1934 and replaced by a small skeleton tower surmounted with a small signal lamp.

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