Danskammer Point Light - North of Newburgh, NY
Located on Danskammer Point, a hook of land on the west side of the Hudson River, this light is located between Newburgh and Marlboro, NY.
Structural Specifications
Information courtesy the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued: 1925
Disposition: Replaced by Steel Skeletal Tower in 1925
Year Tower Established: 1885
Tower Foundation: BRICK ON SURFACE ROCK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet: 49 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern: 31 feet
Tower Shape: pyramidal
Tower Daymark: White
Fog Signal Building? No
Keeper's Quarters? No
OPTICS
Active Aid to Navigation? No
Original Optic Type: TUBULAR LANTERN
Year Original Lens Installed: 1885
Private Aid: No
USCG Access to Optics: No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued: 1925
Disposition: Replaced by Steel Skeletal Tower in 1925
Year Tower Established: 1885
Tower Foundation: BRICK ON SURFACE ROCK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet: 49 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern: 31 feet
Tower Shape: pyramidal
Tower Daymark: White
Fog Signal Building? No
Keeper's Quarters? No
OPTICS
Active Aid to Navigation? No
Original Optic Type: TUBULAR LANTERN
Year Original Lens Installed: 1885
Private Aid: No
USCG Access to Optics: No
Keepers
- 1885-? - James C. Tole
- 1885-1886 - John Cox
- 1886-at least 1919 - James H. Wiest
- ?-1938 - Noel Armstrong (died in 1938)
