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The original beacon was a second-order range lens showing a fixed red light that shined 192 feet (59 m) above sea level. In 1891 the light was changed to fixed white. In 1907 the light source was changed from oil to incandescent oil vapor, which magnified the intensity of the light. In 1939 a
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351:United States Congress
248:New York City Landmark
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1101:Contributing property
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957:Stony Point (Hudson)
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479:World List of Lights
471:at Wikimedia Commons
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335:New Dorp Lighthouse
128:80 feet (24 m)
85:40.58083; -74.12000
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642:Charlotte–Genesee
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1606:Other lists
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1385:Schenectady
1180:Cattaraugus
997:Throgs Neck
977:Sunken Rock
917:Sodus Point
912:Sodus Outer
892:Sands Point
882:Romer Shoal
877:Rock Island
857:Plum Island
817:Oak Orchard
772:Kings Point
712:Fire Island
687:Eatons Neck
667:Crown Point
592:Bluff Point
542:Lighthouses
341:section of
254: 0361E
181:Deactivated
101:Constructed
83: /
58:Coordinates
1681:Categories
1445:Washington
1365:Rensselaer
1300:Montgomery
1285:Livingston
1190:Chautauqua
1017:West Point
1012:Watervliet
967:Stuyvesant
907:Shinnecock
897:Saugerties
787:Little Red
707:Fair Haven
448:076272269X
397:References
296:NYCL
109:Foundation
68:40°34′51″N
19:Lighthouse
1587:Rochester
1582:Rhinebeck
1572:Peekskill
1533:Manhattan
1390:Schoharie
1270:Jefferson
1153:by county
1022:West Bank
982:Tarrytown
872:Race Rock
657:Coxsackie
582:Barcelona
173:First lit
71:74°7′12″W
1646:Category
1592:Syracuse
1518:Brooklyn
1465:Southern
1460:Northern
1430:Tompkins
1420:Sullivan
1395:Schuyler
1380:Saratoga
1375:Rockland
1325:Onondaga
1265:Herkimer
1260:Hamilton
1240:Franklin
1225:Dutchess
1220:Delaware
1215:Cortland
1210:Columbia
1200:Chenango
1165:Allegany
1087:New York
802:New Dorp
797:Moriches
546:New York
380:See also
339:New Dorp
290:73001260
264:Location
149:Heritage
141:Markings
49:Location
1597:Yonkers
1500:Buffalo
1488:by city
1472:Wyoming
1415:Suffolk
1410:Steuben
1340:Orleans
1330:Ontario
1315:Niagara
1290:Madison
1250:Genesee
1205:Clinton
1195:Chemung
902:Selkirk
887:Rondout
677:Dunkirk
477:on the
1523:Queens
1495:Albany
1440:Warren
1435:Ulster
1400:Seneca
1360:Queens
1355:Putnam
1350:Otsego
1345:Oswego
1335:Orange
1320:Oneida
1305:Nassau
1295:Monroe
1255:Greene
1245:Fulton
1185:Cayuga
1175:Broome
1160:Albany
1094:Topics
554:Main:
446:
250:
125:Height
1513:Bronx
1486:Lists
1477:Yates
1450:Wayne
1425:Tioga
1280:Lewis
1235:Essex
1170:Bronx
1151:Lists
302:0361E
168:Light
144:White
133:Shape
112:Brick
96:Tower
25:
1656:List
1230:Erie
444:ISBN
333:The
275:Area
197:Lens
184:1964
176:1856
120:Wood
104:1856
1085:in
544:of
298:No.
285:No.
252:No.
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