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The Twin Lights, as the name implies, are a pair of beacons located 246 feet (75 m) above sea level on the headlands of the Navesink Highlands. In 1962, the State of New Jersey acquired Twin Lights. At the current museum facility, tours of the lighthouse, a climb of the North Tower and its expansive ocean view, and a view of the lighthouse ...
Navesink Twin Lights: Highlands 1828 (Former) 1862 (Current) 1949 Active ... Waackaack Rear Range Light: Keansburg 1856 (The last L.H. was built in 1894) ...
Navesink Light Station. February 17, 2006 100 Government-Lighthouse Road ... 1862 non-operational dual lighthouse, also known as Navesink Twin Lights 67:
The Navesink Highlands had a sea navigation beacon in 1746, [4] and the first Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse was built in 1828. The current Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse was built in 1862. [5] The Navesink Highlands were used for antebellum flag signaling experiments that communicated with Fort Tompkins on Staten Island in 1859.
In 1762, New York merchants purchased a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site from the Hartshorne family for a light house. Two years later, the Sandy Hook Light House was lighted for the first time. The hills of the Highlands of Navesink and Sandy Hook also played an important role during the American Revolutionary War. It was a vital strategic site for the ...
September 11 Terrorist Attacks in photos Spectators look up as the World Trade Center goes up in flames September 11, 2001 in New York City after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in an ...
The Navesink Highlands, which stretch west to east along the south shore of Raritan Bay (part of New York Bay), lie entirely within the boundaries of Monmouth County.A thin barrier spit known as Sandy Hook fronts the ocean side of the Navesink Highlands, separated from the base of the most seaward hills by the narrow tidal channel of the Shrewsbury River.
We're seeing double! Meet the Clements twins, Ava Marie and Leah Rose, who have been hailed as the "most beautiful twins in the world." The 8-year-old identical twins from Los Angeles have quickly ...