Keeping the Light-Sandy Hook - Sandy Hook NJ
Posted by: 
Don.Morfe
N 40° 27.698 W 074° 00.114
18T E 584621 N 4479474
For more than a century, Sandy Hook Lighthouse keepers lived in isolation at the end of this windswept peninsula. In the 1890s, the U.S. Army began building massive concrete gun batteries here to defend the entrance to New York harbor.
Waymark Code: WM1359X
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2020
Views: 0
Keeping the Light-Gateway Natl Rec Area— Sandy Hook — For more than a century, Sandy Hook Lighthouse keepers lived in isolation at the end of this windswept peninsula. In the 1890s, the U.S. Army began building massive concrete gun batteries here to defend the entrance to New York harbor. Fort Hancock was established to man the guns.
The current two-family keeper’s quarters was built in 1883 and is the fifth house to stand near this site. The keeper and his assistant climbed the spiral stairs to the lens house every day before sunset to light the lamps. Trimming the lamp wicks, cleaning soot from the lens, and carrying oil up the tower were some of their daily chores.
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Hudson Drive
Fort Hancock area in the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area
Highlands, NJ USA
07732
|
Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the marker, preferably including yourself or your GPSr in the photo. A very detailed description of your visit may be substituted for a photo. In any case please provide a description of your visit. A description of only "Visited" or "Saw it while on vacation" by anyone other than the person creating the waymark may be deleted by the waymark owner or the category officers.