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Orient Point Light

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Orient Point Light
Orient Point Light. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About

Orient Point Light is a sparkplug lighthouse off Orient Point, New York in Plum Gut of Long Island Sound – the deep and narrow gap between Orient Point and Plum Island. It was built in 1899 and was automated in 1954. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

The lighthouse was sold as excess property in 2013, and is owned by artist Randy Polumbo.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.