Sea Girt Lighthouse

by Joan Carroll

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Sea Girt Lighthouse

Artist

Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Digital Art

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Sea Girt Light is a lighthouse marking the inlet leading to the Wreck Pond in Sea Girt in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The lighthouse was built to illuminate a blind spot midway in the 38-mile stretch between Navesink Lighthouse (Twin Lights) to the north and Barnegat Lighthouse to the south. Having a light in this location would enable mariners to fix their position with cross bearings, even in less-than-ideal conditions. The red brick structure with a tower rising 44 feet was the last live-in lighthouse built on the Atlantic Coast. A live-in lighthouse has the tower integrated into the living quarters. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1955. The state of New Jersey declined to take it over and the borough of Sea Girt purchased the lighthouse instead. It was used for the town library and for meeting space for many years. In 1981 care of the building was taken over by the Sea Girt Lighthouse Citizens Committee, an independent non-profit dedicated to restoring and maintaining the lighthouse.. FUN FACT: Sea Girt Lighthouse hosted the first radio beacon mounted in a shore installation in the United States.

FEATURED PHOTO, 500 Views -1 Image a Day group, 3/25/16

FEATURED PHOTO, Artwork Manipulated Digitally group, 2/15/16

FEATURED PHOTO, New Jersey group, 2/15/16

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January 25th, 2016

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