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Little Gull Island
State: NY
Year established: 1806
Latitude: 41 deg 12
min 23 sec N
Longitude: 72 deg 6
min 25 sec W
Height above sea level: 91 feet Rebuilds:
 1869: Current 53--foot gray granite tower, attached to red dwelling on pier
Status:
automated in 1978; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
flashes white twice every 15 seconds visible for 18 nautical miles; fog signal, 1 2-second blast every 15 seconds
More information:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/gullisl.htm
http://experts.longisland.com/lighthouses
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 106-110
U.S. Coast Guard, DHS, LIGHT LIST
Volume I, ATLANTIC COAST. St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey, (Washington, DC:U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004), p. 185
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