PLUM ISLAND (PLUM GUT) LIGHT
State: NEW YORK
Location: LONG ISLAND SOUND / GARDINER'S BAY
Nearest City: ORIENT
County: SUFFOLK
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1827
1996 photo by Robert J. Beyus
Existing Historic Tower:
Year Light First Lit: 1870
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1978
Automated: 1978
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: GRANITE DWELLING/WOOD TOWER
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 55
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1978
Height of Focal Plane: 69
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL ON LOAN TO EAST END SEAPORT AND MARINE MUSEUM IN GREENPORT, NY, IN 1994
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1827
Description: 30 FOOT STONE TOWER WITH IRON LANTERN
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED BY 1869 TOWER
2. Construction Date: 1978
Description: AUTOMATED LIGHT ON POLE ATTACHED TO OIL HOUSE
Fate/Disposition: REMOVED 1992
Modern Tower? YES
Year Tower Constructed: 1992
Type: SKELETAL
Tower Height: 15
Height of Focal Plane:
Current Optic: 155 MM Year Installed: 1992
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
Year Constructed: 1870
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: GRANITE
Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE, CLAPBOARD STORAGE SHED
Current Use: USDA ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER
Owner/Manager: U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE/U.S. COAST GUARD (NEW TOWER)
Open to the Public? NO/Except during the Lighthouse Challenge
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