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Horton Point
State: NY
Year established: 1857
Latitude: 41 deg 5
min 6 sec N
Longitude: 72 deg 26
min 44 sec W
Height above sea level: 103 feet Original construction:
current 58-foot white square granite / brick tower Rebuilds:
 1934: Southold Park District purchased the Lighthouse buildings and grounds
1990: restoration of the lighthouse
Status:
automated in 1933; deactivated 1933 - 1990; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
flashing green every10 seconds visible for 14 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHNY.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/horton.htm
http://www.longislandlighthouses.com/hortonpoint/
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 133-135
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