Great Beds Light

Aug. 27, 2019
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Great Beds Light, Raritan Bay, South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Sparkplug style lighthouse built in 1880.

GREAT BEDS LIGHT

REWRITTEN RIVER
Station Established: 1880
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1880
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1945
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Tower Shape: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1880