 Barnegat Lighthouse, bordering the Atlantic Ocean | |
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| Location | North end of Long Beach Island, off Broadway Avenue, Barnegat Light, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′51.6″N 74°6′22.4″W / 39.764333°N 74.106222°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1835  |
| Foundation | Granite crib |
| Construction | Brick / iron |
| Automated | 1927 |
| Height | 169 ft (52 m) |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | White bottom half Red top half White lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1857 (current tower) |
| Deactivated | 1944–2009 |
| Focal height | 163 ft (50 m) |
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens (original), 1st order Fresnel lens (1857), VRB-25 (current) |
| Range | 22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi) |
| Characteristic | Flashing white, 10s |
Barnegat Lighthouse | |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000512[1][2] |
| Added to NRHP | January 25, 1971 |
Barnegat Lighthouse (or Barnegat Light, locally nicknamed Old Barney) is a historic lighthouse located in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park on the northern tip of Long Beach Island, in the borough of Barnegat Light, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, on the south side of Barnegat Inlet.[3][4][5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Inventory of Historic Lighthouses". National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 6, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New Jersey". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
- ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 9.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (January 5, 2010). "Lighthouses of the United States: New Jersey". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.