Year first lit 1868 Opened 1868 Automated 1991 | Foundation Stone Range 25,928 m | |
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Location Old Field, New York, Long Island north shore Deactivated Active, deactivated 1933-1991 Construction Wood tower on granite house Tower shape Octagonal Tower. Black. Originally white with black lantern. Similar North Dumpling Light, Latimer Reef Light, Little Gull Island Light, Horton Point Light, Huntington Harbor Light | ||
Old field point lighthouse
Old Field Point Light is a lighthouse within the village of Old Field, New York between the entrances to Port Jefferson Harbor and Stony Brook Harbor on the north shore of Long Island.
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Map of Old Field Point, Old Field, NY 11733, USA
The structure is of the same design as lighthouses at Sheffield Island in Norwalk, Connecticut; Morgan Point in Noank, Connecticut; Great Captain Island in Greenwich, Connecticut, Plum Island on Plum Island in New York; and Block Island North on Block Island in Rhode Island.
Cultural
The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Old Field Point Light with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.