Sandy Hook Lighthouse

E276303

historic structure lighthouse tourist attraction

Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the United States, located at the tip of New Jersey’s Sandy Hook peninsula and historically guiding ships into New York Harbor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sandy Hook Lighthouse canonical	3
Sandy Hook Light	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic structure ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architect	Isaac Conro ⓘ
automated	1962 ⓘ
builtFor	Province of New York ⓘ
completionDate	1764 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1764 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
damagedInEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
firstLit	1764 ⓘ
focalHeight	85 feet ⓘ
function	guides ships into New York Harbor ⓘ
fundedBy	New York merchants ⓘ
hasFeature	attached keeper’s house ⓘ spiral staircase ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
inception	1764 ⓘ
lensType	third-order Fresnel lens ⓘ
lightCharacteristic	fixed white ⓘ
lightRange	19 nautical miles ⓘ
locatedAtCoordinate	40.465°N 74.009°W ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ Fort Hancock ⓘ Gateway National Recreation Area ⓘ Monmouth County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York Harbor ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor area Sandy Hook ⓘ Sandy Hook Bay ⓘ surface form: Sandy Hook peninsula
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ rubblestone ⓘ
notableFor	continuous operation since the 18th century ⓘ oldest surviving lighthouse in the United States ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	66000471 ⓘ
offers	guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Coast Guard ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	Sandy Hook Proving Ground (historic) ⓘ surface form: Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District
shape	octagonal tower ⓘ
status	active lighthouse ⓘ
surroundedBy	Fort Hancock military installations ⓘ
towerHeight	103 feet ⓘ
usedBy	British forces during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Sandy Hook Lighthouse
Description of subject: Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the United States, located at the tip of New Jersey’s Sandy Hook peninsula and historically guiding ships into New York Harbor.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gateway National Recreation Area → contains → Sandy Hook Lighthouse ⓘ

Sandy Hook → hasFeature → Sandy Hook Lighthouse ⓘ

Sandy Hook Bay → near → Sandy Hook Lighthouse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sandy Hook Light

Fort Hancock → adjacentTo → Sandy Hook Lighthouse ⓘ