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| Location | Staten Island, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°30′27.7″N 74°12′48.3″W / 40.507694°N 74.213417°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1828[1] |
| Foundation | Rubblestone |
| Construction | Brownstone |
| Automated | 2006 |
| Shape | Conical |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1864[1](Current tower) |
| Deactivated | 1922-2006[1] |
| Focal height | 107 ft (33 m) (Original tower) |
| Lens | Third-and-a-half-order Fresnel lens (original), VRB-25[1] (current) |
The Prince's Bay Light (officially: John Cardinal O’Connor Light[1]) is an active lighthouse on the highest point of the southern shoreline of Staten Island, New York, in the Pleasant Plains neighborhood. It is situated on an 85-foot (26 m) bluff overlooking Raritan Bay with an attached brownstone cottage which served as the lightkeeper's house. The bluffs are part of the southern terminal moraine formed by the Wisconsin Glacier which receded 10,000 years ago.[2]
- ^ a b c d e "Princes Bay, NY". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ^ Benimoff, Alan I. (October 4, 2012). "The Geology of Staten Island". Geology at CSI. College of Staten Island. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.