Elm Tree Beacon Light

Elm Tree Beacon Lighthouse
Elm Tree Beacon Lighthouse

Location	Staten Island / Lower New York Bay
Coordinates	40°33′50″N 74°5′43″W / 40.56389°N 74.09528°W / 40.56389; -74.09528Coordinates: 40°33′50″N 74°5′43″W / 40.56389°N 74.09528°W / 40.56389; -74.09528
Year first constructed	1856
Year first lit	1856
Deactivated	1964
Foundation	Brick
Construction	1856: Wood, 1939: Concrete
Tower shape	Square Cylindrical
Markings / pattern	1856: painted in bands, two white and one red, red roof on lantern, 1939: Natural
Height	59 feet (18 m)
ARLHS number	USA-272 ^[1]

Elm Tree Beacon Light served as the front range with New Dorp Light as the rear to mark Swash Channel. The channel is now marked by Staten Island Light and West Bank Light.

Elm Tree Beacon Light, Rebuilt in 1939

References

↑ ARLHS World List of Lights

External links

Lighthouse Friends site
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.

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