Staten Island Range Rear Lighthouse
F W🇺🇸Downstate New York, USOperational
Location & Light Range
About Staten Island Range Rear Lighthouse
This white tower stands 30.7 meters tall and has a focal height of 70 meters. It displays a fixed white light. The original Fresnel lens and reflector are still in place within the structure. A 1000-watt incandescent lamp now powers the light, with a backup system ready to activate if needed. This legacy equipment continues in operation.
Why it matters: This light is the rear range light companion to the West Bank Lighthouse, guiding vessels bound to New York and New Jersey Ports from the Atlantic Ocean. It has been designated with heritage status 2.
Background
The Staten Island Range Light, also known as the Ambrose Channel Range Light, is the rear range light companion to the West Bank Lighthouse. Built in 1912, the 90-foot tower sits more than five miles northwest of the West Bank Lighthouse, on Staten Island’s Richmond Hill (Lighthouse Hill), 141 feet above sea level. It shows a fixed white light that can be seen for 18 miles, by all vessels bound to New York and New Jersey Ports coming in from the Atlantic Ocean (on range only).
The original hardware, including the second magnitude Fresnel lens and glass reflector, remain in place. However, the original mineral oil-burning lamp has since been replaced with a 1000 watt General Electric-manufactured Airway Signal incandescent lamp, with the backup light, which automatically turns on in the event of primary lamp failure, being the same. Many lighthouses have transitioned to LED systems, but this legacy equipment remains in use at this light.
The Staten Island Range Light also has a second light, the Swash Channel Rear Light. This light is also a steady white light beacon, and shines continuously 24 hours a day. The Swash Channel is not a major shipping lane like the Ambrose Channel. Rather, it is akin to a "secondary road," connecting the Ambrose Channel with the Sandy Hook Channel. This secondary light is not within the lantern room, as is the main light, the Rear Ambrose Channel Light.
Both the Ambrose Channel Light, as well as the Swash Channel Light, have backup lights inLight & Optic
Characteristic Signature
F W
- Flash Type
- Fixed
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
- Raw Code
- F
- Focal Height
- 70m
Construction & History
- Heritage Status
- 2
References & Identifiers
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q2333708 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 30.7m
- Tower Color
- white
Location
- City
- Downstate New York
- Country
- 🇺🇸US
- Latitude
- 40.5761°
- Longitude
- -74.1412°
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