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A survey for a suitable location for a lighthouse in the area was undertaken by Lt. George M Bache, who concluded that two small lights, one on South
Dumpling Island and one on North Dumpling would be preferable to a single light on North Dumpling. Congress ignored or disagreed with these findings,
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The lighthouse was deactivated in 1959, being replaced by an automated light on a skeleton tower, and the grounds and lighthouse were sold to a private party, George
Washburn. The island was purchased in 1977 by David Levitt, president of the Doughnut Corporation of America, who remodeled and
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A fogbell was placed on the island by the New York and
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sold the island to the U.S. government in that year for $ 600. Construction on the light keeper's house and the 25-foot octagonal tower was completed and the light illuminated in 1849, the lens was upgraded in 1855.
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expanded the house. Levitt convinced the Coast Guard to move the light back to the stone tower and remove the skeleton tower.
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Fixed White/Fix Red Sector 257 degrees to 023 degrees
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504:Buffalo Harbor North and South entrance Lights
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324:North Dumpling Island
260:North Dumpling Island
90:41.28806°N 72.01944°W
889:Three Sisters Island
854:Stony Point (Hudson)
704:North Brother Island
390:World List of Lights
386:North Dumpling Light
252:North Dumpling Light
153:31 feet (9.4 m)
20:North Dumpling Light
319:2,500,000 in 1986.
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95:41.28806; -72.01944
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654:Horton Point
649:Horse Island
614:Fort Niagara
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779:Romer Shoal
774:Rock Island
754:Plum Island
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609:Fire Island
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68:Coordinates
953:Categories
914:West Point
909:Watervliet
864:Stuyvesant
804:Shinnecock
794:Saugerties
684:Little Red
604:Fair Haven
329:References
322:See also:
313:Dean Kamen
305:Funck lamp
303:and a new
256:lighthouse
175:Fog signal
126:Foundation
114:1849
78:41°17′17″N
16:Lighthouse
919:West Bank
879:Tarrytown
769:Race Rock
554:Coxsackie
479:Barcelona
193:First lit
161:Octagonal
142:Automated
81:72°1′10″W
55:sound in
699:New Dorp
694:Moriches
443:New York
166:Markings
61:New York
49:Location
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784:Rondout
574:Dunkirk
388:on the
278:History
451:Main:
150:Height
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221:Range
188:Light
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209:Lens
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145:1959
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