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Race Rock
State: NY
Year established: 1879
Latitude: 41 deg 14
min 37 sec N
Longitude: 72 deg 2
min 50 sec W
Height above sea level: 67 feet Original construction:
current 45 foot granite tower attached to dwelling on granite pier
Status:
automated in 1978; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
flashing red every 10 seconds visible for 16 nautical miles; fog signal 2 blasts every 30 seconds
Notes:
The first lighthouse postcard image does not match that of any light in the vicinity of Fisher's Island except Race Rock
More information:
 http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/racerock.htm
http://eastendlighthouses.org/rRock.htm
http://www.longislandlighthouses.com/racerock.htm
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 102-105
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. 186
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