Saugerties Light

Saugerties Light
Location	Hudson River at Esopus Creek, Saugerties, New York
Coordinates	42°4′19.53″N 73°55′46.72″W / 42.0720917°N 73.9296444°W
Tower
Constructed	1869
Foundation	Granite Block Crib
Construction	Brick
Automated	1954
Height	46 feet (14 m)
Shape	Square
Markings	Natural w/ Black Lantern
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1869
Deactivated	1954-1990
Focal height	42 feet (13 m)
Lens	Sixth Order Fresnel lens
Range	5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
Characteristic	Occulting White 4 seconds (Oc W 4s)
	Saugerties Lighthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Hudson River Lighthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	79001642
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1979

Saugerties Light, known also as the Saugerties Lighthouse, is a lighthouse on the Hudson River north of Saugerties, New York.^[2]

History

When it was built in 1869, it replaced the earlier 1838 lighthouse. Its Coast Guard service was ended in 1954.^[3] It is currently managed by the non-profit Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy which purchased the lighthouse in 1986 and has restored it. The conservancy manages the nature trail leading to the lighthouse, offers two bed and breakfast rooms and public tours. A small museum displays artifacts of the original lighthouse and the restoration efforts, as well as the history of the Saugerties waterfront.

The lighthouse keeper of 1835 was Abraham Persons. He was paid $350 for the year.^[4]

The US Coast Guard has identified Saugerties Light as one of its Historic Light Stations in New York.^[5]^[6]

Saugerties Light is shown on the NOAA Chart 12347.^[7]

Cultural

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Saugerties Light^[8] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Saugerties Light is listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program list of lighthouses to visit,^[9] and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.^[10]

Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
^ Hudson Lights
^ Official Register of the United States, United States Civil Service Commission, 1835, pg 65
^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ Coast Guard list of assets
^ NOAA Chart 12347
^ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's list of lighthouses to visit
^ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's inventory of historic light stations

References

DeWire, Elinor, "Saugerties Lighthouse." Mariners Weather Log (Spring 1994).

External links

Media related to Saugerties lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
Saugerties Light on the World List of Lights
Official Site
Hudson Lights
Lighthouse Depot
Lighthouse Friends
Lighthouses of the Hudson
Lighthouses R Us Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
US Lighthouse Society
Lighthouse Characteristics for Long Island Sound and lower Hudson River

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[USCG_LightList-2] Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

[hudson-3] Hudson Lights

[4] Official Register of the United States, United States Civil Service Commission, 1835, pg 65

[USCG_NY-5] "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

[USCG_Assets-6] Coast Guard list of assets

[NOAA12347-7] NOAA Chart 12347

[postcard-8] Smithsonian lighthouse postcards Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine

[NPS-9] National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's list of lighthouses to visit

[NPS_NY_Historic_LS-10] National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's inventory of historic light stations

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