The National Lighthouse Museum
Lighthouse History
American Lighthouses
New York Lighthouses
Lighthouse Design
100
The National Lighthouse Museum is located in this borough.
What is Staten Island?
100
The Pharos of Alexandria.
What is the first known lighthouse?
100
At 196 feet, the tallest lighthouse in the US.
What is the Cape Hatteras lighthouse?
100
The official name for the Little Red Lighthouse.
What is Jeffrey's Hook?
100
The primary function of a lighthouse.
What is navigation?
200
The historic use of the site of the National Lighthouse Museum.
What is the US Light House Service General Depot?
200
This iconic lens is commonly identified with lighthouses, and is named for its inventor, a Frenchman.
What is the Fresnel lens?
200
The oldest standing lighthouse in the US.
What is Sandy Hook lighthouse?
200
Located near Ellis Island, this lady started life as a lighthouse.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
200
Wood, granite, brick, sandstone, steel, cast iron, and concrete, to name some.
What are construction materials for lighthouses?
300
Navigation, tax collection, tourism, lodging.
What are some of the uses of lighthouse?
300
During this conflict, many US lighthouses were damaged or destroyed.
What is the Civil War?
300
This lighthouse was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
What is Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse?
300
The name for the unique color schemes and shapes of lighthouses.
What is a daymark?
400
The General Depot was also the center of operations for this District.
What is the 3rd District?
400
This gave the management of our country's lighthouses to the federal government.
What is the Lighthouses Act of 1789?
400
The state with the most lighthouses.
What is Michigan?
400
The completion of this canal created a need for many more lighthouses.
What is the Erie Canal?
400
These vessels were used when the water was too deep to build a lighthouse or it was impractical.
What is a lighthship?
500
This building on the site gets its name from its use after the Coast Guard took over aids to navigation.
What is the Barracks?
500
They control our nation's lighthouses today.
What is the Coast Guard?
500
The only lighthouse manned today as an aid to navigation.
What is the Boston Lighthouse?
500
The lighthouse at Fort Wadsworth is located on this structure.
What is Battery Weed?
500
These vessels were used to supply lighthouses and for periodic inspections.
What is a lighthouse tender?
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