North Brother Island Light - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
North Brother Island Light - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
North Brother Island Light was a lighthouse located on North Brother Island in the East River in New York City.Smithsonian lighthouse postcards . Archives Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Collection #1055 (subset), with nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.ARLHS World List of Lights The lighthouse was at the southern tip of the island. Before the lighthouse was erected, the island was uninhabited and saw no formal use. The tower utilized an occulting light which lit for five seconds and eclipsed for five seconds. It stood 47 feet above the water. Read more on Wikipedia
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