Great Beds Light
Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Raritan Bay, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from South Amboy of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy. Named as Great Beds Light Station, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2008, for its significance in architecture, engineering, transportation, and maritime history.[3]
History and description
The light was built in 1880 with a fourth order Fresnel lens to mark the Great Beds Shoal, hazardous shallow water in the Raritan Bay. The 30-foot (9.1 m) foundation, a conical caisson, sits in about 11 feet (3.4 m) of water. The five-story tower and lantern are 47 feet (14 m) high.[3]
Lighthouses of Raritan Bay
- Chapel Hill Rear Range Light, Sandy Hook Bay (deactivated 1957)
- Conover Beacon, Leonardo
- Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Sandy Hook
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey
- List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
- Geography of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary
- Raritan Bayshore
References
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#08000467)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 15, 2022. p. 15.
- ^ a b Koski-Karell, Daniel; Perunko, Jennifer (December 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Great Beds Light Station". National Park Service. With accompanying 6 photos
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- Absecon Lighthouse
- Barnegat Lighthouse
- Brandywine Shoal Light
- Cape May Lighthouse
- Chapel Hill Rear Range Light
- Conover Beacon
- Cross Ledge Light
- East Point Light
- Elbow of Cross Ledge Light
- Finns Point Range Light
- Great Beds Light
- Hereford Inlet Light
- Ludlam's Beach Light
- Miah Maull Shoal Light
- Navesink Twin Lights
- Robbins Reef Light
- Romer Shoal Light
- Sandy Hook Light
- Sea Girt Light
- Ship John Shoal Light
- Tinicum Island Rear Range Light
- Tucker's Beach Light
- Waackaack Rear Range Light