Cumberland Head Light
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| Location | Cumberland Bay on Lake Champlain in New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°41′29″N 73°23′7″W / 44.69139°N 73.38528°W / 44.69139; -73.38528 |
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| Constructed | 1838 |
| Foundation | Concrete and Limestone |
| Construction | Limestone |
| Height | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Shape | Conical |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1868 |
| Deactivated | 1934-2003 |
| Focal height | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Lens | Fourth Order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
| Characteristic | Flashing White 4 seconds |
Cumberland Head Light is a lighthouse on Lake Champlain's Cumberland Bay in New York state.[1]
The lighthouse was established in 1838 and the tower was first lit in 1868. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1934. The foundation of the lighthouse is concrete and limestone and the lighthouse itself is made out of limestone. The shape of the tower is conical. The original lens was a fourth order Fresnel lens installed in 1856.
References
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
External links
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Cumberland Head Light on the World List of Lights
Further reading
- Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
- Price, Scott T. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3
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