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Plum Gut Lighthouse

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Year first lit
  
1870

Tower shape
  
Octagonal

Height
  
17 m

Focal height
  
21 m

Foundation
  
Dressed stone/timber

Markings / pattern
  
White w/black lantern

First lit
  
1870

Automated
  
1978

Plum Gut Lighthouse

Location
  
Long Island Sound / Gardiner's Bay

Construction
  
Granite dwelling/wood tower

Similar
  
Plum Island Light, Orient Point Light, Fort Terry, North Dumpling Light, Little Gull Island Light

Cap n lennert attacking the plum gut lighthouse


The Plum Gut Lighthouse is a lighthouse between Plum Island and Long Island, New York. It was built in 1898. It is not open to the public and cannot be reached by land, but one can see it via the Cross Sound Ferry.

References

Plum Gut Lighthouse Wikipedia