Coxsackie Lighthouse - Coxsackie, NY
Located off the shore of Coxsackie, NY, this lighthouse was built to warn mariners away from Coxsackie Island, also known as Rattlesnake Island. Originally built in 1830, it was replaced in 1868. It was replaced by a skeleton tower in 1928 and decommissioned in 1939.
Structural Specifications
Information courtesy of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued: 1939
Disposition: Historic Tower Wiped Out by Ice, Granite Base Survives; Replaced with Modern Skeletal Tower Contructed in 1928
Year Tower Established: 1868
Tower Foundation: GRANITE/CONCRETE CRIB
Height of light above mean high water, in feet: 41 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern: 32 Feet
Tower Shape: SQUARE
Tower Daymark: White
Fog Signal Building? No
Keeper's Quarters? No
Year Keeper's Quarters: 1868
Keeper's Quarters Construction: BURNED 1939
OPTICS
Active Aid to Navigation? No
Original Optic Type: SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1868
Private Aid: No
USCG Access to Optics: No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued: 1939
Disposition: Historic Tower Wiped Out by Ice, Granite Base Survives; Replaced with Modern Skeletal Tower Contructed in 1928
Year Tower Established: 1868
Tower Foundation: GRANITE/CONCRETE CRIB
Height of light above mean high water, in feet: 41 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern: 32 Feet
Tower Shape: SQUARE
Tower Daymark: White
Fog Signal Building? No
Keeper's Quarters? No
Year Keeper's Quarters: 1868
Keeper's Quarters Construction: BURNED 1939
OPTICS
Active Aid to Navigation? No
Original Optic Type: SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1868
Private Aid: No
USCG Access to Optics: No
Keepers
- at least 1831-at least 1841 - John Carroll
- 1842-1845 - William Craig
- 1845-1849 - William Rea
- 1849 - 1853 - Jonas Parker
- 1853-1862 - Henry Chapman
- 1862-1881 - William W. Hoose
- 1811-1912 - Frank L. Hoose
- 1912-1912 - C.M. Hoose
- 1912-at least 1940 - Jerome McDougall, Principal Keeper
- at least 1925-at least 1928 - Peter H. Bruce, 1st Assistant Keeper