Hayward’s United States Gazetteer (1853) page 684

Click on the image for a larger version suitable for printing.


HOME PAGE ... REFERENCE PAGE ...THIS GAZETTEER’S PAGE




Page 683 ...Page 685



Note: Ctrl and + increases the font size of the text below, Ctrl and - decreases it, and Ctrl and 0 resets it to default size.

684    LIGHT-HOUSES IN THE UNITED STATES.

Esopus Meadows. Opposite Esopus, on Hudson
River,
W. side.. . . Eixed.

Robbins's Reef. Off the upper end of Staten
Island, S.
W. part of New York Bay. Lat. 40°
39' 21". Lon. 74° 4' 30".
Fixed. Height of
lantern
above the sea, 66 feet.

Cedar Island. Near E. end of Long Island, in
Sag Harbor. Lat. 41° 2' 18". Lon. 72° 16' 6".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 32 feet.
Harbor light.

Silver Creek. On Lake Erie, S. E. side en-
trance to harbor. .. . Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 27 feet.

Salmon River. On Lake Ontario, S. E. end, N.
side of entrance to Port Ontario, Oswego co.
.. . Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 52
feet.

Rock Island Beacon, (Thousand Isles.) On
said island, in St. Lawrence River... . Fixed.

Sunken Rock Beacon, (Thousand Isles.) On
said rock, or Bush Island, in St. Lawrence River.
. . . Fixed.

Crossover Island Beacon, (Thousand Isles.) On
said island, in St. Lawrence River. . . . Fixed.

Cumberland Head. On Lake Champlain, near
Plattsburg. Lat. 44° 42b Lon. 73° 20b Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 45 feet. Inland
light.

Split Rock. On Lake Champlain, near Essex.
Lat. 44° 12b Lon. 73° 18b Fixed. Height of
lantern above the sea, 110 feet. Inland light.

Floating Lights. New York, (Dist.)
Stratford Point. Tonnage 100. Off said point,
on Middle Ground, Long Island Sound. Two
lamps, 1 on fore and the other on mainmast, each
lamp 9 cylindrical wicks.

Sandy Hook. Tonnage 230. Seven miles out-
side of Sandy Hook, in 15 fathoms water. Two
lamps, 1 on foremast, 50 feet, the other on main-
mast, 60 feet elevation, each lamp 9 cylindrical

wi

NEW JERSEY.

Sandy Hook, (main light, and 2 beacons.)
Sandy Hook, N. W. point of New Jersey, and S.
of entrance to New York harbor. Lat. 40° 27'
37". Lon. 74° 00'42". Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 90 feet.

Highlands of Neversink, (2 lights.) On High-
lands of Neversink, S. of Sandy Hook lights.
Lat. 40° 23' 40". Lon. 73° 59' 42". Two lights,
1 revolving. Height of lantern above the sea,
248 feet. Two lights, 100 yards apart; 1 fixed;
S. light revolves; French lenticular apparatus,
1st and 2d orders.

Barnegat Shoals. S. side of Barnegat Inlet, and
N. end of Long Beach. Lat. 39° 45' 54". Lon.
74° 6' 56". Fixed.

Cape May. On S. W. point of Cape May, N.
of entrance to Delaware Bay. Lat.
38° 55' 45".
Lon. 74° 58' 33". Revolving. Height of lan-
tern above the sea, 88 feet.

Egg Island. Delaware Bay, N. side, nearly N.
N. W. of Cape May. Lat. 39° 10' 28". Lon. 75°
8 56". Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea,
42 feet. Lighted with gas in 1845.

Cohanzey Creek. Delaware Bay, N. side, and
W. side of said creek. Lat. 39° 20' 15". Lon.
75° 22' 12". Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 42 feet. Lighted with gas in 1845.

Tucker's Beach. On said beach, near midway
between Old Inlet and New Inlet. Lat.
39° 30'
17".
Lon. 74° 17'31". Fixed. Red shades.

Bergen Point. On a block at the extremity of
a reef of rocks off Bergen Point, in the Kilns.
... Fixed.

Maurice River. On the bank of Maurice River
Cove,
E. point of said river, and S. W. side of
Haystack Island, in Delaware Bay... . Fixed.

Passaic River. At the mouth of said river, on
a block in 4 feet of low water, near head of New-
ark Bay, about 5 miles above Bergen Point light,
and to guide into Passaic and Hackensack Rivers.
. .. Fixed.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Presque Isle. At entrance of Presque Isle Bay,
Lake Erie. Lat.-42° 8
' 14". Fixed. Height of
lantern above the sea, 73 feet.

Presque Isle Beacon. Entrance of Presque Isle
Bay, Lake Erie. . . . Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea, 26 feet.

Fort Mifflin. On pier in Delaware River, op-
posite said fort. . .. Fixed.

Brandywine Shoal. Brandywine Shoal, in Del-
aware Bay.

DELAWARE.

Cape Henlopen. On Cape Henlopen, S. side of
entrance to Delaware
Bay. Lat. 38° 46' 35". Lon.
75° 5' 37". Fixed. Height of lantern above the
sea,
180 feet.

Cape Henlopen Beacon. Cape.Henlopen, S. side
of entrance to Delaware Bay, about | of a mile
from main light. Lat. 38° 47' 21". Lon. 75° 5'
44". Fixed.

Bombay Hook. N. W. end of B. Bay Hook
Island, Delaware Bay. Lat. 39° 21' 43", Lon.
75° 31' 13". Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 46 feet.

Mahon's Ditch. At Mahon's Ditch, Delaware
Bay,
S. side.    Lat.    39° 10' 13".    Lon. 75°    24'

38". Fixed.

Mispillion Creek. At mouth of said creek, S.
side, Delaware Bay. Lat. 38° 56' 34". Lon. 75°
19' 24". Fixed.

Christiana River. At mouth of said river or
creek, N. side.    Lat.    39° 43' 12".    Lon. 75°    31'

50". Fixed. Lighted with gas.

Reedy Island.    On    said island, N. W. part    of

Delaware Bay, at entrance of Delaware River.
Lat. 39° 29' 57". Lon. 75° 34' 44". Fixed.
Lighted with gas.

Breakwater. On Delaware Breakwater. Lat.
38° 47'50". Lon. 75° 7'3". Fixed. Red light.

Floating Lights. Delaware, (Dist.) Five
Fathom Bank.
Tonnage 195. On said bank,
off Cape May. Two lamps, one on foremast,
40 feet, the other on mainmast, 45 feet eleva-
tion, 12 cylindrical wicks.

Upper Middle Shoal, (No. 2.) Tonnage 131.
Near the middle of Delaware Bay, N. W. of
Brandywine Shoals. One lamp, 12 cylindrical
wicks, about 45 feet elevation.

MARYLAND.

Bodkin Island. On Bodkin Island, S. side of
entrance to Patapsco River and port of Balti-
more, Chesapeake Bay. Lat. 39° 8b Lon. 76°
25' 50". Fixed.

North Point, (2 lights.) On North Point, at N.
side of entrance to Patapsco River, Chesapeake
Bay. Upper light lat. 39° 11' 45". Lon. 76° 27'
17". Lower light lat. 39° 11' 35". Lon. 76° 26'
54". Fixed. Two lights to range with ship
channel.








This page is written in HTML using a program written in Python 3.2, and image-to-HTML-text by ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition.