Orient Long Beach Bar Light

Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a lighthouse off Orient, New York. It was originally a screwpile lighthouse that was later converted to concrete caisson foundation. Its early appearance as a screwpile lighhouse gave it the nickname "Bug Light" as there were no other such lighthouses in the vicinity.

Orient Long Beach Bar Light

Orient Long Beach Bar Light ("Bug Light")
Location	Off Orient , in Gardiners Bay of Long Island, NY,
Coordinates	41°6′32″N 72°18′23″W
Year first constructed	1871
Year first lit	1871
Automated	1990
Deactivated	1945-1990
Foundation	Concrete and steel caisson
Construction	Wood Frame
Tower shape	two story white frame house with mansard roof and attached tower, "Bug Light"
Tower height	58 feet (18 m)
Focal height	19 metre
Original lens	Fifth order, Fresnel 1871
Range	8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic	Flashing 4 Seconds
ARLHS number	USA-448 [1]
USCG number	1-27975

The Long Beach Bar Light was destroyed in 1963 by fire. A replica was rebuilt upon the surviving foundation. The building was reassembled in 1990, and re-activated as a navigational aid in 1993.[2]

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 Long Beach Bar Light[3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.