Cold Spring Harbor Light

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Cold Spring Harbor Light
Cold Spring Harbor Light
Location:	Entrance ot Cold Spring Harbor on Long ISland
Year first lit:	1890
Deactivated:	1965
Foundation:	Cast iron/concrete caisson
Construction:	Orig Wood
Tower shape:	Skeletal/Orig square pyramidal
Height:	35 foot tower on caisson, 44 feet above sea level
Original lens:	Fourth order, Fresnel
Characteristic:	Fixed red light, Orig White w/black lantern

Cold Spring Harbor Light is located on the North shore of Long Island and is currently not active. It was built in 1890 to mark a shoal at the entrance to Cold Spring Harbor. It was moved to its current location on land after it was deactivated in 1965.

[edit] Chronology

1875, March 3: $20,000 was appropriated for the construction of the light.

1889 Construction of the light was started.

1890 The finished lighthouse was built on a caisson in Cold Spring Harbor.

1890, January 31: The light was first lit.

1919 An inspection of the light revealed $12,800 in damage was done to the light by ice.

1929 The light was refitted with an oil vapor lamp.

1965 The light was deactivated and moved to private property. A local resident saved the light from destruction by purchasing the light for $1 and moving it to her property where the light still resides.