Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New Jersey--Barnegat Light

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BARNEGAT LIGHT

State: NEW JERSEY
Location: NORTH END LONG BEACH ISLAND
Nearest City:
County: OCEAN
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1835

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1857
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1944
Automated: 1927
Foundation Materials: GRANITE CRIB
Construction Materials: BRICK/IRON
Markings/Patterns: RED ABOVE, WHITE BELOW
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 172
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1859
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 165
Fresnel Lens Disposition: REMOVED TO BANEGAT LIGHT MUSEUM

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1834/1835
Description: 40-FOOT-TALL BRICK STRUCTURE W/4TH ORDER FIXED REFLECTORS & LAMPS CONSTRUCTED BY WINSLOW LEWIS Fate/Disposition: TOPPLED INTO THE SEA IN THE 1850S

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DESTROYED 1915)

Year Constructed: 1889
Number of Stories: 3
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN COTTAGES
Construction Materials:

Other Structures:

Current Use: STATE PARK

Owner/Manager: NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #71000512
Name of Listing: BARNEGAT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
USED AS A LOOKOUT FOR GERMAN SUBMARINES DURING WWII; REPLACED BY LIGHTSHIP OFFSHORE; RENOVATED 1991

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 08 2002 11:28:02 am EDT
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