Danskammer Point 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 lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

on Danskammer Point in the Town of Newburgh in New York, along the banks of the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...

. It was later demolished and is now the site of the

Danskammer Generating Station Danskammer Generating Station is located on the shore of the Hudson River in the Newburgh (town), New York, Town of Newburgh, New York, United States, upstream of the larger oil-fired Roseton Generating Station. Danskammer 'units 1 and 2 burn na ...

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References

*"Light Station Struck by Lightning. Report of James H. Wiest, Keeper of Danskammer Point Light Station, N. Y." ''Lighthouse Service Bulletin'' I, 34 (Oct 1934), p. 134.
Warren Mumford article about Danskammer Light

External links

Lighthouse Friends site
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Lighthouse Depot info

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