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Channel/Lower New York Bay, 3.5 miles south of New Dorp Beach. Remote 35 ft. conical, 3-story "spark plug" style light (1893) with keeper's quarters (approx. 1000 SF). Interior lined in brick up to 3rd floor. On 0.72 acre submerged land. Constructed of cast iron on concrete/cast iron caisson.
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No group was identified under the
National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act as willing and able to preserve the Old Orchard Shoal Light, and on June 5, 2008, the
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placed the light up for sale via an auction. The initial bid was $ 10,000 and the light finally closed on August 27, 2008 at a final bid of $ 235,000.
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Annual report of the Light-House Board to the
Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1893, Treasury Department, Document No 1647
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Markings: white upper/black. Protective riprap and breakwater sheltering light's boat basin. Accessible by boat only.
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662:"Old Orchard Shoal Light Is No More", Mai Armstrong for Working Harbor Committee, blog post November 9, 2012.
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Lighthouse to visit and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.
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Lighthouses on the
National Register of Historic Places in New York City
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Orchard Shoal Light was completed and lit on April 25, 1893. The
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The ruins of the Old
Orchard Shoal Light after being destroyed by
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identified Old
Orchard Shoal Light Station as surplus under the
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537:"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York"
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Demolished buildings and structures in New York (state)
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Before moving on to Governor's Island and then finally
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651:GSA listing (1-PR-08-005) for Old Orchard Shoal
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805:Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light
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453:of 2000. The property was described as
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800:Buffalo North breakwater East end Light
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589:"Maritime Heritage Program"
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525:. 2009. p. 297.
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1180:Throgs Neck
1160:Sunken Rock
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1095:Sodus Outer
1075:Sands Point
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1060:Rock Island
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1548:Rensselaer
1483:Montgomery
1468:Livingston
1373:Chautauqua
1200:West Point
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1150:Stuyvesant
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970:Little Red
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1683:Buffalo
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1655:Wyoming
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