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Stony Point (Henderson) Light

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Year first lit
  
1869

Construction
  
Brick

Markings / pattern
  
White w/ Black Lantern

Opened
  
1828

Material
  
Brick

Deactivated
  
1945

Tower shape
  
Square

Height
  
22 m

Automated
  
1950

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Original lens
  
Fourth Order Fresnel lens

Similar
  
Point Aux Roches Light, South Buffalo North Sid, Stuyvesant Light, Cape Vincent Light, Buffalo North Breakwat

The Stony Point (Henderson) Light is a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Ontario near Henderson Bay in New York. The site was established in 1826, and the original lighthouse was lit in 1869. The light and attached keeper's quarters are currently privately owned. A new light was built in 1945, and it was automated in 1950. This light is maintained by the US Coast Guard. The site is not open to the public.

History

Stony Point (Henderson) Light is listed as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.

References

Stony Point (Henderson) Light Wikipedia