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Danskammer Point Light was a lighthouse on Danskammer Point in the Town of Newburgh in New York, along the banks of the Hudson River.[1][2] It was later demolished and is now the site of the Danskammer Generating Station.

Danskammer Point Light

Location	New York, U.S.
Coordinates	41°34′22″N 73°57′53″W
Tower
Constructed	1885; 137 years ago (1885)
Height	31 feet (9.4 m)
Markings	White wooden tower
Fog signal	Bell struck every 20 seconds
Light
Deactivated	1920s

Notes

References

• "Light Station Struck by Lightning. Report of James H. Wiest, Keeper of Danskammer Point Light Station, N. Y." Lighthouse Service Bulletin I, 34 (Oct 1934), p. 134.
• Warren Mumford article about Danskammer Light

External links

• Lighthouse Friends site
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Downstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Lighthouse Depot info
• Devil's Dance Chamber

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