Barnegat Sunset II
by Joan Carroll
Title
Barnegat Sunset II
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
I was racing to try to get to Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island NJ before the sun set. I managed to get to the park about 10 minutes before it closed. I didn't want to have my car locked behind the gates so I just ran down the pathway a few feet for some pictures and was able to catch the last warm glow of the sun. In reality I discovered I could have just parked outside the gate and not worried about it! But....I was hungry, it had been a long day! Instead, I got up early the next morning, and got some sunrise pictures! Barnegat Lighthouse or Barnegat Light, colloquially known as "Old Barney", is a historic lighthouse located inBarnegat Lighthouse State Park on the northern tip of Long Beach Island, in the borough of Barnegat Light, Ocean County, New Jersey. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Barnegat Lighthouse in 1971. The light was deactivated as a Coast Guard lookout tower in January 1944 and given to the State of New Jersey. The area around the lighthouse was declared a state park and dedicated in 1957. In 1988, the tower was closed for construction of the new south jetty, then reopened to visitors in 1991 with a new walkway on top of the jetty. The top of the lighthouse is accessible via its 217 steps and continues to attract in excess of half a million visitors year round. In 2008, the Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, a local non profit organization, raised funds to reactivate the lighthouse. A sum of $35,000 was raised, with $15,000 contributed by the Barnegat Light Borough Fraternal Order of Police Local Lodge No. 5. This supported the acquisition of a new $15,000 VRB-25 light system, as well as the replacement of aging windows. Funding was raised entirely at the local level. In October 2008, the VRB-25 system was installed. While physically smaller than the original light, the system has become a standard for US Lighthouses, with more than 100 installed. On January 1, 2009, at 5:00 pm, the 150th anniversary of its opening, Barnegat Lighthouse activated its beacon for the first time since before World War II .
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September 2nd, 2014
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