Stony Point Lighthouse is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on November 28th, 2014.
Stony Point Lighthouse
SHHH.....this is before hours at the Stony Point Lighthouse! The sign said the grounds were open at 9 am but the gate was open after being closed... more
by Joan Carroll
Title
Stony Point Lighthouse
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
SHHH.....this is before hours at the Stony Point Lighthouse! The sign said the grounds were open at 9 am but the gate was open after being closed overnight. So I parked outside the gate and started walking. I saw no one so I just quietly took my picture, enjoying the solitude and imagining the history in this location! The Stony Point Lighthouse is located within the Stony Point Battlefield in Stony Point, New York. The lighthouse, built in 1826, is the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River. De-commissioned in 1925, it now stands as a historical reminder of the importance of lighthouses to commerce on the Hudson River. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 unleashed a surge of commercial navigation along the Hudson River, by linking New York city to America's heartland. Within a year, the first of the Hudson's fourteen lights shone at Stony Point and others soon followed. Its design is an octagonal pyramid, made entirely of stone. In service for nearly 100 years, the lighthouse had a series of keepers, most notably the Rose family, Nancy and Melinda Rose. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1925 and was acquired by the parks commission in 1941. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1979. restoration of the lighthouse began in 1986. The exterior was repaired and painted and the lantern was reglazed. On October 7, 1995, restoration was complete, and the light was activated for the first time in 70 years. The automatic light, operated by solar power, beams a flash of light once every four seconds. Stony Point is the site one of the last Revolutionary War battles so there are other reasons to visit the area. This is where Brigadier General Anthony Wayne led his corps of Continental Light Infantry in a daring midnight attack on the British, seizing the site's fortifications and taking the soldiers and camp followers at the British garrison as prisoners on July 16, 1779. This ended British control of the Hudson River and so was a quite decisive. It is easy to imagine as you walk around the very hilly area how easy it would be to surprise opposing forces unless they had good scouts!
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November 28th, 2014