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upper surface of the concrete is 8 inches (200 mm) above mean low water and carries a conical pier that is 30 feet (9.1 m) high, 57 feet (17 m) in diameter at the base, and crowned by a projecting coping 55 feet (17 m) in diameter. The pier is made of heavy masonry backed with concrete and contains cisterns and cellars.
385:(1838–1915). It is an excellent example of 19th-century engineering and design. The massive masonry foundations on the reef took seven years to complete, but the stone structure, the keeper's quarters, and the tower were built in only nine months once the foundation was secure. The lighthouse has a fourth-order
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461:Race Rock Light Station
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383:Francis Hopkinson Smith
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264:Race Rock Light Station
87:41.243500°N 72.047000°W
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609:"Race Rock Lighthouse"
1649:Orient Long Beach Bar
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747:Contributing property
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1569:Horton Point
1564:Horse Island
1529:Fort Niagara
1464:Coney Island
1449:Cedar Island
1439:Cape Vincent
1223:Poughkeepsie
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124:Construction
75:41°14′36.6″N
1809:Throgs Neck
1789:Sunken Rock
1729:Sodus Point
1724:Sodus Outer
1704:Sands Point
1694:Romer Shoal
1689:Rock Island
1669:Plum Island
1629:Oak Orchard
1584:Kings Point
1524:Fire Island
1499:Eatons Neck
1479:Crown Point
1404:Bluff Point
1354:Lighthouses
1252:Other lists
1101:Westchester
1031:Schenectady
826:Cattaraugus
657:GSA Website
459:in 2005 as
206:Deactivated
108:Constructed
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78:72°2′49.2″W
65:Coordinates
1868:Categories
1829:West Point
1824:Watervliet
1779:Stuyvesant
1719:Shinnecock
1709:Saugerties
1599:Little Red
1519:Fair Haven
1091:Washington
1011:Rensselaer
946:Montgomery
931:Livingston
836:Chautauqua
476:References
180:Fog signal
116:Foundation
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1834:West Bank
1794:Tarrytown
1684:Race Rock
1469:Coxsackie
1394:Barcelona
1233:Rochester
1228:Rhinebeck
1218:Peekskill
1179:Manhattan
1036:Schoharie
916:Jefferson
799:by county
400:in 2005.
378:program.
301:Architect
198:First lit
132:Automated
1614:New Dorp
1609:Moriches
1358:New York
1292:Category
1238:Syracuse
1164:Brooklyn
1111:Southern
1106:Northern
1076:Tompkins
1066:Sullivan
1041:Schuyler
1026:Saratoga
1021:Rockland
971:Onondaga
911:Herkimer
906:Hamilton
886:Franklin
871:Dutchess
866:Delaware
861:Cortland
856:Columbia
846:Chenango
811:Allegany
733:New York
368:New York
336:05000347
164:Heritage
156:Markings
56:Location
1714:Selkirk
1699:Rondout
1489:Dunkirk
1243:Yonkers
1146:Buffalo
1134:by city
1118:Wyoming
1061:Suffolk
1056:Steuben
986:Orleans
976:Ontario
961:Niagara
936:Madison
896:Genesee
851:Clinton
841:Chemung
667:12 July
636:12 July
446:⁄
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404:History
127:Granite
1366:Main:
1169:Queens
1141:Albany
1086:Warren
1081:Ulster
1046:Seneca
1006:Queens
1001:Putnam
996:Otsego
991:Oswego
981:Orange
966:Oneida
951:Nassau
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901:Greene
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831:Cayuga
821:Broome
806:Albany
740:Topics
421:riprap
209:Active
140:Height
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1159:Bronx
1132:Lists
1123:Yates
1096:Wayne
1071:Tioga
926:Lewis
881:Essex
816:Bronx
797:Lists
522:(PDF)
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193:Light
148:Shape
103:Tower
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