pictures taken of the Navesink twin lights and Sandyhook lighthouse off the coast of New york City.
Each Tower is 73 feet tall and sits 246 feet above sea level.
Sandy Hook Light Plaque. The lighthouse was restored to it's original beauty in 2000.
A view of Sandy Hook from the side porch of the keepers house.
1st order fresnel lens. 25 million candlepower. Tyhe machinery used to rotate the light was driven by a 700 pound weight and clockwork mechanism.
The south tower had to have "blinders" put on the back side so it wouldn't disturb the neighbors cows. The cows would see the light and think it was time to be milked.
Sandy Hook light sits in the center of Fort Hancock. The fort has protected america since 1890 and features a number of "battery's". The nations first and only steam lift gun was once found here. The gun fired a half ton projectile with a range of 7 miles.
The Raritan bay and Atlantic Ocean as seen from high a top the north tower at the Navesink twin lights.
Sandy Hook lighthouse
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