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Woodcut engraving of the first Four Mile Point Lighthouse that was built in 1831 and stood until 1880. A report dated November 22, 1838 by Lt. George M. Bach reported that “the rubble-stone tower had been newly fitted on October 1, 1838 with seven lamps and reflectors, which were arranged around two horizontal rims or circles so as to throw the light into the reaches up and down the river and across the channel. The lamps were fastened securely to the iron circles, and the reflectors are supported in front of them by brackets.”
In 1887, the Columbian Republican newspaper of Hudson, New York reported that the bell from the old Coxsackie Academy was purchased by the government and moved to the lighthouse to be used as a fog bell. How long the bell remained in use at the Four Mile Point Light Station site is not known.
In 1880, the Evening Register in Hudson, New York reported, “Probably no landmark on the Hudson River has more significance to navigators of the Hudson River than the Four Mile Point Lighthouse. It is one of the oldest lights on the river, and for many years has been going into decay and badly needed doctoring by the United States lighthouse authorities. Last week the old landmark was razed and a new light tower was erected at the site.” (Image courtesy of Mike Oliviere.)
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Four Mile Point – A Forgotten Ghost Light on the Hudson River
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