Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--Rock Island Light

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ROCK ISLAND LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: ST. LAWRENCE RIVER /
LAKE ONTARIO
Nearest City: ORLEANS
County: JEFFERSON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1848

Photo courtesy Ted Smith

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1882
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1930S
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE/LIMESTONE
Construction Materials: CAST IRON/BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 40
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1848
Description: COMBINATION LIGHTHOUSE/KEEPERS DWELLING
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1882
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: CLAPBOARD BOATHOUSE (1920), SHOP, FIELDSTONE SMOKEHOUSE (CA. 1847), STEEL GENERATOR HOUSE (1900), CLAPBOARD CARPENTERS SHOP (1882)

Current Use: STATE PARK

Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW YORK / THOUSAND ISLAND PARKS COMMISSION

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #78001855
Name of Listing: ROCK ISLAND LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
PART OF RIVER PARKS UNIT OF THOUSAND ISLANDS STATE PARK COMMISSION

Last Modified: Thu, Apr 11 2002 1:37:02 pm EDT
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