| Coordinates: | 40.513°N -74.0135°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yearlit: | 1898 (current tower) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automated: | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction: | Cast iron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marking: | White bottom, red top including lantern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lens: | Fourth-order Fresnel lens (original), 190mm (current) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Characteristic: | Flashing white twice 15 s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fogsignal: | Horn: 2 every 30 s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Romer Shoal Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Lower New York Bay, on the north edge of the Swash Channel, about south of Ambrose Channel and north of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, in the entrance to New York Harbor.[2] It is in New Jersey, very close to the border with New York.[3] Named as Romer Shoal Light Station, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 2007, for its significance in architecture, engineering, transportation, and maritime history.[4]
An 1870 edition of The Historical Magazine records that the shoal was named after Colonel Wolfgang William Romer, who sounded the waters of New York Bay in 1700 on order of the governor of New York. https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=655
The Light was heavily damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The non-profit that has taken over stewardship of the Light is working with FEMA and private donors to preserve this national landmark.