Stony Point (Henderson) Light Explained

Location:	New York, U.S.
Coordinates:	43.8394°N -76.2983°W
Yearlit:	1869
Automated:	1950
Yeardeactivated:	1945
Construction:	Brick
Shape:	Square
Marking:	White w/ Black Lantern
Lens:	Fourth Order Fresnel lens

The Stony Point (Henderson) Light is a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Ontario near Henderson Bay in New York. The site was established in 1826, and the original lighthouse was lit in 1869. The light and attached keeper's quarters are currently privately owned. A new light was built in 1945, and it was automated in 1950. This light is maintained by the US Coast Guard. The site is not open to the public.^[1]

History

Stony Point (Henderson) Light is listed as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.^[2]

Further reading

• Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
  • U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006)

External links

• • Lighthouse Friends site
  • National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
• NPS for Stony Point on Henderson Bay

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stony Point (Henderson) Light (Old). Inventory of Historic Light Stations. NPS. January 30, 2013.
2. http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/ny.htm National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations