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Elm Tree Beacon Light

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Year first lit
  
1856

Foundation
  
Brick

Height
  
18 m

Construction
  
Concrete

Deactivated
  
1964

Tower shape
  
Square Cylindrical

Opened
  
1856

Year first constructed
  
1856

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Location
  
Staten Island / Lower New York Bay

Markings / pattern
  
1856: painted in bands, two white and one red, red roof on lantern, 1939: Natural

Similar
  
New Dorp Light, Point Aux Roches Light, Stony Point (Henderson) Light, Buffalo North Breakwat, Cape Vincent Light

Elm Tree Beacon Light served as the front range with New Dorp Light as the rear to mark Swash Channel. The channel is now marked by Staten Island Light and West Bank Light.

Map of Elm Tree Beacon Light, Cedar Grove Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306, USA

References

Elm Tree Beacon Light Wikipedia