Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... New York State Finalizes Purchase of Horse Island

Digest>May/Jun 2019


*Photo Caption:*		The first Sackets Harbor Lighthouse on Horse Island, New York stood from 1831 until it was replaced in 1870 by the lighthouse that stands there today; it was built 300 feet southeast of the old lighthouse. When the new lighthouse was completed the old lighthouse was burned or demolished. This image of the original lighthouse appeared in the November 1883 edition of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. (Lighthouse Digest archives.) Back to the edition of: May/Jun 2019
*Story:*		New York State Finalizes Purchase of Horse Island Back to the edition of: May/Jun 2019

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