Year first lit 1903 Foundation Fort's parapet Tower shape Cylindrical Opened 1903 Material Brick | Deactivated 1965 Construction Brick Height 4.6 m Phone +1 718-354-4500 Year first constructed 1903 | |
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Location West bank of the Narrows, on Staten Island Address Staten Island, NY 10305, USA Similar Prince's Bay Light, New Dorp Light, Old Orchard Shoal Light, Elm Tree Beacon Light, Coney Island Light | ||
Fort Wadsworth Light is a 1903 lighthouse built atop Battery Weed on Staten Island in New York Harbor. The light illuminates the Narrows, the entrance to the harbor. It is located under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Fort Wadsworth Light was part of the transfer of Fort Wadsworth from the Navy to the National Park Service in March 1995 as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
Its light was visible for 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi). The lantern was possibly moved from Fort Tompkins Light in 1903. When the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1965 the lighthouse became obsolete. Dark for many years, it was restored and converted to solar power by volunteers in 2005.
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