Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Raritan Bay, about 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. With
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 foundation, a conical caisson, sits in about of water. The five-story tower and lantern are high.
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
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