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Eatons Neck Light
Light
Eatons Neck Lighthouse

Location	Station Eatons Neck, East side of Huntington bay entrance
Coordinates	40°57′14″N 73°23′49″W / 40.954°N 73.397°W / 40.954; -73.397
Foundation	Dressed Stone/Timber
Construction	Fieldstone with brick lining
Automated	1961
Height	73 ft (22 m)
Shape	Octagonal pyramidal
Fog signal	Fog horn (3 s blast every 30 s)

First lit	1798
Deactivated	Active
Focal height	144 ft (44 m)
Lens	12 Lamps, 13" Reflectors (1838)
Range	18 nm
Characteristic	Fixed white light.

United States Coast Guard Station Eatons Neck is located on the northern tip of Eatons Neck on Long Island New York. It is the oldest Coast Guard Station in New York and the fourth oldest in the United States founded originally in 1849 by the New York Lifesaving Benevolent Association. Consequently, the Eatons Neck Lighthouse is the second oldest lighthouse on Long Island and the sixth oldest in the United States.

Since July 7, 2010 Station Eatons Neck is commanded by CWO3 Steve Pollock. BMC Adrian Agostino serves as the Executive Petty Officer and MKC Kevin Nuzzolilli serves as the Engineer Petty Officer. Station Eatons Neck has a complement of Active Duty, Reserves and Auxiliarists The equipment consists of 41-foot (12 m) and 25-foot (7.6 m) boats along with a radio station manned constantly.

The Station stands watch over the middle portion of Long Island Sound from the Port Jefferson-Bridgeport line to just East of New York City and guards the City's back door maritime entrance as well as providing assistance to local boaters.

The Station has both family and UPH (Unaccompanied Personnel Housing) housing.

Eatons Neck Lighthouse is on the grounds of the Station.

References

^ ARLHS World List of Lights
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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 Eatons Neck Lighthouse is on the grounds of the Station.
-==Chronology of Lighthouse from Coast Guard web site==
-:1798, March 14:  $13,250 was appropriated for the lighthouse to be built.
-:1798, June 16:  Ten acres were bought from John Gardiner for $500.
-:1798, July 2:  President [[John Adams]] authorized construction of the light.
-:1798, December 6:  Construction of the lighthouse was completed.
-:1799, January 1:  The light was first lit.
-:1837: An inspection found the light to be defective.  The light was not visible at 10 miles.
-:1838:  Twelve lamps with 13-inch reflectors were installed to improve the visibility of the light.
-:1842:  9-inch reflectors were installed.
-:1850:  Thirteen lamps with 15-inch reflectors were installed.
-:1858:  A new lantern and a third order Fresnel lens were installed.
-:1867, March 2:  Congress approved funds needed to renovate the lighthouse.
-:1868:  Renovations completed included the replacing the old wooden stairs with iron stairs with landings, the interior walls were lined with brick, the :keeper's quarters were expanded and the steam fog signal was installed.
-:1880:  The keeper's quarters were renovated.
-:1907:  The oil lamp was replaced with an oil vapor lamp.
-:1921:  The light was electrified.
-:During [[World War II]] two large story barracks were constructed on the site for 150 guardsman. The building burned down on February 6, 1958.
-:1961:  The light was automated.
-:1973:  The lighthouse was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=8856|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Eatons Neck Light|date=September 1972|accessdate=2010-02-20 |author=Lynn Beebe Weaver|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]}} ''See also:'' {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=8858|title=Accompanying photo}}</ref>
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