Great Beds Light Explained

Location:	Raritan Bay, South Amboy, New Jersey
Coordinates:	40.4867°N -74.2533°W
Yearbuilt:	1880
Yearlit:	1880
Automated:	1945
Foundation:	Caisson
Construction:	Cast iron
Shape:	White conical tower on black conical pier with black lantern
Lens:	Fourth order Fresnel 1880
Characteristic:	Flashing red, 6 s
Module:	Embed: yes Great Beds Light Station Architecture: US Lighthouse Board Added: May 29, 2008 Refnum: 08000467 Designated Other1 Name: New Jersey Register of Historic Places Designated Other1 Abbr: NJRHP Designated Other1 Link: New Jersey Register of Historic Places Designated Other1 Date: March 6, 2008 Designated Other1 Number: 4106^[1] Designated Other1 Num Position: bottom Designated Other1 Color: ffc94b

Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Raritan Bay, about from South Amboy of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy. Named as Great Beds Light Station, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2008, for its significance in architecture, engineering, transportation, and maritime history.^[2]

History and description

The light was built in 1880 with a fourth order Fresnel lens to mark the Great Beds Shoal, hazardous shallow water in the Raritan Bay. The 30feet foundation, a conical caisson, sits in about of water. The five-story tower and lantern are high.^[2]

Lighthouses of Raritan Bay

• Chapel Hill Rear Range Light, Sandy Hook Bay (deactivated 1957)
• Conover Beacon, Leonardo
• Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands
• Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Sandy Hook

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• Geography of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary
• Raritan Bayshore

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Middlesex County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 15 . July 15, 2022 .
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=08000467}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Great Beds Light Station ]. National Park Service. Daniel . Koski-Karell . Jennifer . Perunko . December 2007 . With