North Brother Island Light

North Brother Island Light
North Brother Island Light
Location North Brother Island, East River, New York Harbor
Coordinates 40°47′57.3″N 73°53′58.5″W / 40.799250°N 73.899583°W / 40.799250; -73.899583Coordinates: 40°47′57.3″N 73°53′58.5″W / 40.799250°N 73.899583°W / 40.799250; -73.899583
Year first constructed 1869
Deactivated 1953
Construction Wood tower
Tower shape Octagonal Tower
ARLHS number USA-551 [1]

North Brother Island Light was a lighthouse located on North Brother Island in the East River in New York City.[2] The lighthouse was at the southern tip of the island. Before the lighthouse was erected, the island was uninhabited and saw no formal use.[3] The tower utilized an occulting light which lit for five seconds and eclipsed for five seconds. It stood 47 feet above the water.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
  2. ↑ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards. Archives Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Collection #1055 (subset), with nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
  3. ↑ Burgess, Anika (June 6, 2015). "See the Abandoned and Inaccessible Island Where Typhoid Mary Died". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ↑ United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic coast. From Point Judith to New York. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1917. p. 166. Retrieved 17 May 2018.


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