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Cumberland Head Light

Coordinates: 44°41′29″N 73°23′7″W / 44.69139°N 73.38528°W / 44.69139; -73.38528
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Cumberland Head Light
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LocationCumberland Bay on Lake Champlain in New York
Coordinates44°41′29″N 73°23′7″W / 44.69139°N 73.38528°W / 44.69139; -73.38528
Tower
Constructed1838 Edit this on Wikidata
FoundationConcrete and Limestone
ConstructionLimestone
Height15 m (49 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ShapeConical
Light
First lit1868
Deactivated1934-2003
Focal height23 m (75 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensFourth Order Fresnel lens
Range7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFlashing White 4 seconds

Cumberland Head Light is a lighthouse on Lake Champlain's Cumberland Bay in New York state.[1]

The lighthouse was established in 1838 and the tower was first lit in 1868. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1934. The foundation of the lighthouse is concrete and limestone and the lighthouse itself is made out of limestone. The shape of the tower is conical. The original lens was a fourth order Fresnel lens installed in 1856.

References

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  1. ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
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Further reading

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  • Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
  • Price, Scott T. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3