Year first lit 1849 Construction Brick/Wood Shingle Height 9.4 m Current lens length 30 cm Automated 1959 | Foundation Wood Pilings/Stone Tower shape Octagonal First lit 1849 Focal height 18 m | |
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Markings / pattern Natural w/White Lantern Similar Little Gull Island Light, Latimer Reef Light, Point Aux Roches Light, Cold Spring Harbor Li, Stony Point (Henderson) Light | ||
North Dumpling Light is a lighthouse in Fisher's Island sound in Long Island Sound, New York.
History
The lighthouse was illuminated in 1849 and the current tower was first lit in 1871. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1959. The foundation is wood pilings and stone and the construction is brick and wood shingle. The tower is octagonal with a white lantern. In 1893 a fifth order Fresnel lens and a new Funck lamp were installed, replacing a Sixth Order Fresnel lens that was installed in 1871.
Dean Kamen now owns the island, where he has installed advanced illumination and isolated it from the power grid.
References
North Dumpling Light Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA