Fort Wadsworth Light

Fort Wadsworth Light

Fort Wadsworth Light
Location	East Verrazano Narrows on Staten Island
Coordinates	40°36′21″N 74°3′14″W / 40.60583°N 74.05389°W / 40.60583; -74.05389Coordinates: 40°36′21″N 74°3′14″W / 40.60583°N 74.05389°W / 40.60583; -74.05389
Year first constructed	1903
Year first lit	1903
Deactivated	1965
Foundation	Fort's parapet
Construction	Brick
Tower shape	Cylindrical
Markings / pattern	Red Brick
Height	15 feet (4.6 m)
Focal height	75 feet (23 m)
Original lens	Fourth Order Fresnel lens
Range	14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
Fog signal	Bell
ARLHS number	USA-301 [1]

Fort Wadsworth Light is a 1903 lighthouse built atop Battery Weed on Staten Island in New York Harbor. The light illuminates the Narrows, the entrance to the harbor. It is located under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Fort Wadsworth Light was part of the transfer of Fort Wadsworth from the Navy to the National Park Service in March 1995 as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.

Its light was visible for 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi). The lantern was possibly moved from Fort Tompkins Light in 1903. When the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1965 the lighthouse became obsolete. Dark for many years, it was restored and converted to solar power by volunteers in 2005.^[2]

References

External links

• Lighthouse Friends site
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 
• National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
• NPS on Fort Wadsworth
• National Parks of NY Harbor - Fort Wadsworth
• National Park Service - Gateway National Recreation Area

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