Location: Piccadilly Point
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GPS: N 34º 27.61’ W114º 20.43’
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Montauk Point Lighthouse
Active; 1797, focal plane 168 ft (51 m); white flash every 5 s. 110 ft (33.5 m) octagonal sandstone tower with lantern and gallery; VRB-25 aerobeacon (2001). Tower painted white with a broad black band, lantern black. Fog horn (2 s blast every 15 s). (3-1/2)° bivalve Fresnel lens (used 1904-1987) on display on site. Keeper's house (1860) used as a visitor center and museum; displays include the 3-1/2° lens used 1904-1987, also two 4° Fresnel lenses and a 5° lens, all of uncertain origin. An older 2-story brick keeper's house (1838) was converted to a barn and later to a garage. Oil house, fog signal building (1897), and other structures also preserved.
Historic lighthouse, the oldest in New York and fifth oldest in the nation. Major restoration of tower 1998-99. The light station is endangered by beach erosion, currently held at bay by a 400 ft (120 m) stone revetment built in 1992. In 2006, the Army Corps of Engineers received $12 million in funding to build a much longer and stronger barrier. The Long Island Genealogy Home Page has a history of the light station. Owner/site manager: Montauk Historical Society.
Montauk Point Lighthouse Replica
(New York)
In Planning
The site selected for this light was Piccadilly Point. The City is in process of trying to aquire control of that property - When they do they will give is permission to erect the Montaauck Point Light.
