Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a lighthouse off Orient, New York. It was originally a screwpile lighthouse that was later converted to concrete caisson foundation.[1] Its early appearance as a screwpile lighthouse gave it the nickname "Bug Light" as there were no other such lighthouses in the vicinity.

Orient Long Beach Bar Light

Orient Long Beach Bar Light ("Bug Light")
Location	Off Orient , in Gardiners Bay of Long Island, NY,
Coordinates	41°6′32″N 72°18′23″W
Tower
Constructed	1871
Foundation	Concrete and steel caisson
Construction	Wood Frame
Automated	1990
Height	58 feet (18 m)
Shape	two-story white frame house with mansard roof and attached tower, "Bug Light"
Markings	white
Light
First lit	1871
Deactivated	1945-1990
Focal height	19 m (62 ft)
Lens	Fifth order, Fresnel 1871
Range	8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic	Flashing 4 Seconds

The Long Beach Bar Light was destroyed in 1963 by fire. A replica was rebuilt upon the surviving foundation. The building was reassembled in 1990, and re-activated as a navigational aid in 1993.[2]

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Orient Long Beach Bar Light[3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

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External links

• Media related to Orient Long Beach Bar Light at Wikimedia Commons
• Long Island Lighthouses: Long Beach Bar Lighthouse