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Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in
Raritan Bay Raritan Bay is a bay located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey and is part of the New York Bight. The bay is bounded on the northwest by New York's Staten Island, on the west b ...
, about from South Amboy of Middlesex County,
New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
, United States. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy. Named as Great Beds Light Station, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on May 29, 2008, for its significance in architecture, engineering, transportation, and maritime history. With


History and description

The light was built in 1880 with a fourth order
Fresnel lens A Fresnel lens ( ; ; or ) is a type of composite compact lens (optics), lens which reduces the amount of material required compared to a conventional lens by dividing the lens into a set of concentric annular sections. The simpler Dioptrics, d ...
to mark the Great Beds Shoal, hazardous shallow water in the
Raritan Bay Raritan Bay is a bay located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey and is part of the New York Bight. The bay is bounded on the northwest by New York's Staten Island, on the west b ...
. The foundation, a conical caisson, sits in about of water. The five-story tower and lantern are high.


Lighthouses of Raritan Bay

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Chapel Hill Rear Range Light The Chapel Hill Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located off of Middletown Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, which functioned as the rear light of the now-discontinued Chapel Hill Range. History This light was one of thre ...
, Sandy Hook Bay (deactivated 1957) * Conover Beacon, Leonardo * Navesink Twin Lights,
Highlands Highland is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as a mountain range or mountainous plateau. Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to: Places Africa * Highlands, Johannesburg, South Africa * Highlands, Harare, Zimbab ...
* Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Sandy Hook


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey. La ...
* List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey * Geography of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary * Raritan Bayshore


References

{{authority control Lighthouses completed in 1880 Transportation buildings and structures in Middlesex County, New Jersey Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey South Amboy, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places 1880 establishments in New Jersey