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.
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