Great Beds Light

Great Beds Light
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Great Beds Light

Location	Raritan Bay, South Amboy, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°29′12″N 74°15′12″W / 40.48667°N 74.25333°W / 40.48667; -74.25333Coordinates: 40°29′12″N 74°15′12″W / 40.48667°N 74.25333°W / 40.48667; -74.25333
Year first constructed	1880
Year first lit	1880
Automated	1945
Foundation	Caisson
Construction	Cast iron
Tower shape	White conical tower on black conical pier with black lantern
Height	61 feet (19 m)
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel 1880
Range	6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
Characteristic	Flashing red, 6 s

Great Beds Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Architectural style	US Lighthouse Board
NRHP Reference #	08000467^[1]
NJRHP #	4106^[2]
Added to NRHP	May 29, 2008
Designated NJRHP	March 6, 2008

Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Raritan Bay in South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy. It was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Lighthouses of Raritan Bay

Perth Amboy waterfront with view to lighthouse

↑ "New Jersey - Middlesex". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

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