Orient Long Beach Bar Light
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| Orient Long Beach Bar Light | |
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 Orient Long Beach Bar Light ("Bug Light") |
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| Location: | Off Orient , in Gardiners Bay of Long Island, NY, |
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| Year first constructed: | 1871 |
| Year first lit: | 1871 |
| Automated: | 1990 |
| Deactivated: | 1945-1990 |
| Foundation: | Concrete and steel caisson |
| Construction: | Wood Frame |
| Tower shape: | two story white frame house with mansard roof and attached tower, "Bug Light" |
| Height: | 58 ft |
| Original lens: | Fifth order, Fresnel 1871 |
| Range: | 8 nm |
| Characteristic: | Flashing 4 Seconds |
Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a lighthouse off Orient, New York. It is interesting because it was originally a screwpile lighthouse that was later converted to concrete caision foundation. It's early appearance as a screwpile lighhouse gave it the nick name "Bug Light" as there were no other such lighthouses in the vicinity.
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