Old Field Point Light

Old Field Point Lighthouse
Old Field Point Light

Location	Old Field, New York, Long Island north shore
Coordinates	40°58′37.2″N 73°07′06.9″W / 40.977000°N 73.118583°W / 40.977000; -73.118583Coordinates: 40°58′37.2″N 73°07′06.9″W / 40.977000°N 73.118583°W / 40.977000; -73.118583
Year first lit	1868
Automated	1991
Deactivated	Active, deactivated 1933-1991
Foundation	Stone
Construction	Wood tower on granite house
Tower shape	Octagonal Tower. Black. Originally white with black lantern.
Height	74 feet (23 m) from sea level
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Range	14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic	Alternating Red and Green 24 s. Red Flash 12 , Green Flash 12 s.
ARLHS number	USA-563 ^[1]
USCG number	1-21275

Old Field Point Light is a lighthouse within the village of Old Field, New York between the entrances to Port Jefferson Harbor and Stony Brook Harbor on the north shore of Long Island.^[2]

The structure is of the same design as lighthouses at Sheffield Island in Norwalk, Connecticut; Morgan Point in Noank, Connecticut; Great Captain Island in Greenwich, Connecticut, Plum Island on Plum Island in New York; and Block Island North on Block Island in Rhode Island.^[3]

Old Field Point Light in 2015

Old Field Point Light Panorama

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 Old Field Point Light ^[4] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

References

↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2007.
↑ "Great Captain Island, CT" page at LighthouseFriends.com Web site, accessed August 21, 2006
↑ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards

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