LEARNING THE ROPES  detail
Detail of Wolf Trap Light watercolor by Thomas A Needham
 
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Latimer Reef Lighthouse, New York c. 1884 – image: 24 x 16
 
The light station near Fishers Island Sound, New York dates back to 1804, but the present caisson and its cast-iron tower was completed in 1884 and is identified by a brown band. The station was automated in 1983.