The 1764 tower at night
ca. 1764
Sandy Hook Lighthouse, north end of the peninsula
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse — completed June 11, 1764, still standing, still operating. An eighty-five-foot octagonal rubble-stone tower, unaltered in outline for two hundred and sixty years. The oldest operating lighthouse in the United States.
Item record
- Title
- The 1764 tower at night
- Date
- ca. 1764
- Source
- Placeholder illustration for Phase 0 — replace with archival night photograph before publishing.
- Contributor
- ATH placeholder
- Rights
- Placeholder — replace before publishing
- Slug
light-and-war-hero
Verification: placeholder item — metadata and image will be replaced with archival material before publication.
Cite this item
The 1764 tower at night (ca. 1764). Placeholder illustration for Phase 0 — replace with archival night photograph before publishing. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/light-and-war-hero/.