Staten Island Light
Staten Island, United States
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The Staten Island Range Light, also known as the Ambrose Channel Range Light, stands 90 feet tall on Richmond Hill in Staten Island, New York, built in 1912 to serve as the rear range light companion to the West Bank Lighthouse. Positioned more than five miles northwest of its partner and 141 feet above sea level, the tower displays a fixed white light visible for 18 miles to vessels entering the Port of New York and New Jersey from the Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse retains its original second magnitude Fresnel lens and glass reflector, though the mineral oil lamp has been replaced with a General Electric-manufactured 1000-watt incandescent lamp; a backup system with independent circuitry stands ready for automatic activation upon primary lamp failure. A secondary steady white beacon, the Swash Channel Rear Light, aids traffic in a less-trafficked waterway connecting larger shipping channels. Designated a New York City Landmark in 1968 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, the Staten Island Range Light continues to serve as an essential navigational aid for Lower New York Bay.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Heritage
- New York City Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Height
- 27 m
- Place
- Staten Island, United States
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