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Fort Tompkins Light was a
lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...
located on
Staten Island Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the ad ...
,
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, on the west side of the Narrows in New York Bay.Fort Wadsworth Light in 1903. Soon after, the lighthouse was abandoned. It no longer exists. The tower stood on a Victorian-style home with a white dwelling, Mansard roof and a black lantern.


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* {{authority control Lighthouses completed in 1828 Lighthouses completed in 1873 Lighthouses in Staten Island 1828 establishments in New York (state)