Year first lit 1899 Foundation Cast iron caisson Height 20 m Range 31,484 m Added to NRHP 9 January 2007 | Automated 1954 Address Orient, NY 11957, USA Opened 1899 Focal height 20 m Year first constructed 1899 | |
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Location Off Orient point, north eastern tip of Long Island, NY, Oyster pond reef, Plum gut Construction Cast iron plate with brick lining Tower shape Black conical tower with white band in center, "Spark plug" Similar Little Gull Island Light, North Dumpling Light, Plum Island Light, Latimer Reef Light, Old Field Point Light | ||
Orient point light
Orient Point Light is a sparkplug lighthouse off Orient Point, New York.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Orient Point Light (along with 11 others) available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them.
Orient point light at dusk
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 Orient Point Light with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
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