Cedar Island Light
Lighthouse
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Cedar Island Light is a lighthouse in Cedar Point County Park in East Hampton, New York. It overlooks Gardiners Bay.
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| Location | Cedar Point County Park, Sag Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Long Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1839 |
| Foundation | Masonry pier |
| Construction | Granite |
| Automated | 1934 |
| Height | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Shape | Square unpainted granite |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1839 |
| Deactivated | 1934 |
| Focal height | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Lens | Sixth order Fresnel 1855 |
| Range | 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl G 4s - Flashing Green 4 s |
Cedar Island Lighthouse | |
 Cedar Island Lighthouse at Cedar Point County Park | |
| Nearest city | Sag Harbor, New York |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1868 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000248[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 18, 2003 |
History
The 40-foot (12 m) granite lighthouse was decommissioned in 1934 and replaced by an automatic light on a steel skeleton at breakwater. The lighthouse, built in the Italianate style, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]
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 Cedar Island Light[4] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
