Fort Wadsworth Light
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Its light was visible for Script error: No such module "convert".. The lantern was possibly moved from Fort Tompkins Light in 1903. When the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1965 the lighthouse became obsolete. Dark for many years, it was restored and converted to solar power by volunteers in 2005.[1]
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- National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
- NPS on Fort Wadsworth
- National Parks of NY Harbor - Fort Wadsworth
- National Park Service - Gateway National Recreation Area
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