New York, New York

View of Downtown New York

From Staten Island

Approaching Manhattan on the

Staten Island Ferry

New York City, Manhattan

From a Helicopter

The Empire State Building

The New 1 World Trade Center

Under Construction

Upon completion, One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the United States, standing at a height of 1,776 feet (541.3 m), and among the tallest buildings in the world.

Barnegat Lighthouse, Long Beach Island New Jersey

Barnegat Lighthouse

In The Fog

And Then The Sun Broke Through 

Barnegat Light, colloquially known as "Old Barney", is located in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park on the northern tip of Long Beach Island, in the borough of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, on the south side of Barnegat Inlet. Barnegat Light was commissioned on January 1, 1859. The tower light was 165 feet (50 m) above sea level and the lighthouse itself was four times taller than the original. The new light was a first-order Flashing Fresnel lens which stood about twelve feet (4 m) tall. The total cost of the project was approximately $40,000, with the lens alone costing $15,000. The current lighthouse is really two towers in one: the exterior conical tower covers a cylindrical tower on the inside.

The above text "borrowed" from Wikipedia

Tucker's Island Lighthouse, Tuckerton New Jersey

The small strip of land in the distance

is approximately the location of the

original lighthouse, the southern tip of

Long Beach Island, New Jersey

The original spot has now eroded away

into the Atlantic Ocean

This replica of the original is situated in

Tuckerton, NJ

approximately six miles west of the

original site.

Paul Rider, nephew of the keeper, Arthur Rider

spent the last night in the old lighthouse.

He took this series of photos the next day,

October 12 1927,

as the structure surrendered to the sea.

The above photo sequence "borrowed" from www.lighthousefriends.com

Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands New Jersey

Twin Lights Lighthouse

Highlands, New Jersey

From The Top of The North Tower

Twin Lights 

Twin Lights

The Keeper

Chuck Gullage

When You Want Only The Best

Go To The Best Place To Get It!

Old Kerosene Apparatus For

The Old Oil Lighting

    The Navesink Twin Lights is located in Highlands, New Jersey overlooking Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to the New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. The Twin Lights, as the name implies, are a pair of beacons located 246 feet (75 m) above sea level on the Navesink Formation.
    A lighthouse existed on the site since 1828, when it became an important guide and landmark for ships navigating the treacherous entrances to New York Harbor.
    The current lighthouse was constructed in 1862. The non-identical towers by day and the two beacons by night—one flashing and one fixed—allowed ready identification by mariners of the identity of the facility, thus allowing a rough determination of their location approaching the harbor. This was the first American lighthouse to test a Fresnel lens and was also the site of a demonstration by Marconi of the wireless telegraph in 1899.
    The north tower light was discontinued in 1898; at the same time the south tower was electrified, one of the first lighthouses in the United States to be so equipped. It was automated in 1949, but was discontinued in 1952 as the importance of the light diminished.
    In 1962, the site was turned over to the state of New Jersey, which installed a sixth order lens and reactivated the north tower as a private aid to navigation. This light remains active.

The above text "borrowed" from Wikipedia
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The following images are provided courtesy of
"The Keeper" Chuck Gullage


Chuck and un-named Co-Worker
Installing a New, Sixth Order
Fresnal Lens in the North Tower





Days of Former Glory return
This photo shows the Twin Lights with both towers lit for
the first time since 1898. In the photo the South Tower
is quite a bit brighter than the North Tower.
That is to replicate the configuration back then;
In 1898 the South Tower had a First Order
Fresnel Lens and the North Tower
had a Fifth Order Fresnel Lens.



The New, Sixth Order Fresnel Lens


Thanks Chuck !!

Sea Girt Lighthouse

Sea Girt Lighthouse

Lookin Out To Sea

From Sea Girt

The New Jersey shore between the Barnegat and Navesink lighthouses, a distance of nearly 40 miles, was unlit in the 1800s, and in 1888 the Lighthouse Board requested funds to establish a light in this area. The original site was to be at Manasquan Inlet, just to the south of Sea Girt; however, the site was found to be unsuitable and the present lot was obtained on the beach at Sea Girt, near Wreck Pond. An L-shaped brick house with an integral tower was constructed, and the light was first exhibited in December 1896. This was the last shore lighthouse with an integral keeper's residence built on the east coast of the United States. Moving sand and erosion were problems from early on, but fencing in 1900 and steel pilings in the 1920s arrested the threat.

The above text "borrowed" from Wikipedia

Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Sandy Hook, New Jersey

Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Sandy Hook Overlooking the

Living Quarters of the

Old Historic Fort Hancock 

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located just inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built in 1764 by Isaac Conro. At that time, it stood only 500 feet (150 m) from the tip of Sandy Hook; however, today, due to growth caused by littoral drift, it is almost one and a half miles inland from the tip.
The light was built to aid mariners entering the southern end of the New York Harbor. It was originally called New York Lighthouse because it was funded through a New York Assembly lottery and a tax on all ships entering the Port of New York. Sandy Hook Light has endured an attempt to destroy it – as an aid to British navigation – by Benjamin Tupper, and a subsequent occupancy of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

The above text "borrowed" from Wikipedia

Robbin's Reef Light House

Robbin's Reef Light House

 In New York Harbor 

New York City in the Background

With The Bayonne New Jersey Golf Club

(Imitation Lighthouse) in the background to the west 

Robbin's Light House near the

Bayonne, New Jersey Shipyards

The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, New Jersey along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883. It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. The U.S. Coast Guard owns and operates the light station.

The light is located at the entrance to the Kill van Kull, a strait connecting to the Newark Bay. The channel is one of the most heavily used in the Port of New York and New Jersey, accessing Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal.

The above text "borrowed" from Wikipedia

Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor USA

Approaching Via Helicopter

From the Air

New York City Skyline

From Above

From the Staten Island Ferry

From the Staten Island Ferry

Me & Her

From the Staten Island Ferry

With Liberty AND Justice

EARLY AMERICANA PART 1

I don't remember

where I got these photos,

Just thought they were interesting