Reflection of Sandy Hook Lighthouse
by Gary Slawsky
Title
Reflection of Sandy Hook Lighthouse
Artist
Gary Slawsky
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Sandy Hook lighthouse complex is reflected in window of old firehouse.
Sandy Hook is a 1665 square mile peninsula along the eastern cost of New Jersey that was discovered by Henry Hudson in the early 1600s. This peninsula is located at the southern entrance to New York harbor.
After the Civil War Fort Hancock was establish as a military base, armament proving ground and in the 1950s a Nike missile site. Numerous large bunkers that housed weapons to protect New York Harbor are scattered around the peninsula.
Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974 when it was turned over to the US National Parks Service and managed as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Today, Fort Hancock, the proving ground, some bunkers, and nike missile site can be toured as historical monuments of US History. The oldest operating lighthouse in the United States (Sandy Hook Lighthouse) can be entered as well as the attached lighthouse keepers residence that includes a Sandy Hook history museum.
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September 16th, 2012
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Lin Haring
Gary -- I just saw your note, and need to amend my earlier post to say thank you for pledging to donate ALL your commission from the sales of this image between now and year's end to aid in the Hurricane Sandy relief effort. Let's hope there is light, a beacon of hope, on the other side of the window for all now suffering from the storm, and that the nor'easter now approaching doesn't further complicate and hamper the relief efforts already underway. Thanks again.