Old Orchard Shoal Light
New York City, United States
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
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Old Orchard Shoal Light was a sparkplug-style lighthouse built in 1893 to mark a shoal in Lower New York Bay, New York. Standing 11 meters tall, the structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The lighthouse was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Height
- 11 m
- Place
- New York City, United States
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