 Lighthouse and old Tappan Zee Bridge, 2011 | |
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| Location | Hudson River south of Kingsland |
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| Coordinates | 41°5′2.6″N 73°52′27.3″W / 41.084056°N 73.874250°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1883 |
| Foundation | Stone pier/Cast iron caisson |
| Construction | Cast iron |
| Automated | 1957 |
| Height | 60 feet (18 m) |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | White w/ Black trim and red base |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | Bell 20s, later 30s |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1883 |
| Deactivated | 1961–2015 |
| Focal height | 56 feet (17 m) |
| Lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens |
| Intensity | 7000 cp (1883–1957) 1500 cp (1957–61) |
| Range | 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) |
| Characteristic | F. W (1883–94) F. R (1894–1902) Fl. R (1902–61) |
Tarrytown Lighthouse | |
| MPS | Hudson River Lighthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001649[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 29, 1979 |
Tarrytown Light, also known as Kingsland Point Light and Sleepy Hollow Light, is a sparkplug lighthouse on the east side of the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States. It a conical steel structure erected in the 1880s.[2][3][4] In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The need for a lighthouse to warn ships away from the shoals near the common route off Tarrytown and Ossining had been obvious by the mid-19th century. But high land values at two favored locations led the federal government to instead build it 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) offshore. It was the only family station on the lower Hudson, the only conical steel lighthouse on the Hudson to have living quarters within it rather than attached to it, and the only lighthouse in Westchester County. It remained in use until the mid-20th century; the construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge on the shoals where it stood and the development of the General Motors Tarrytown Truck Assembly plant on land reclaimed from the river to its east made the light obsolete. Today it is part of a county park, and tours are available.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (December 12, 2009). "Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "Kingsland Point/Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow Light - ARLHS USA-836". wlol.arlhs.com. Retrieved June 11, 2020.