Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a
lighthouse off
Orient, New York
Orient is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. The CDP's population was 743 at the 2010 census.
''Orient'' and ''Orient Point'' are used almost interchangeably. However, Orient Point ...
. It was originally a
screwpile lighthouse
A screw-pile lighthouse is a lighthouse which stands on piles that are screwed into sandy or muddy sea or river bottoms. The first screw-pile lighthouse to begin construction was built by the blind Irish engineer Alexander Mitchell. Constructio ...
that was later converted to concrete
caisson foundation.