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New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled | HISTORY

Major Malcolm's task was to prevent the lighthouse from helping the British to reach New York City. The Congress wanted Malcolm to remove the ...

Today in History – 6 March 1776 - New York demands Sandy Hook ...

A committee of the New York Provincial Congress instructs Major William Malcolm to dismantle the Sandy Hook lighthouse in the then-disputed territory of ...

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Originally called New York Lighthouse, the tower on Sandy Hook was built of rubblestone under the guidance of Isaac Conro, a mason and builder from New York ...

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New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled ... A committee of the New York Provincial Congress instructs Major William Malcolm to dismantle the Sandy ...

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New York demands Sandy Hook Lighthouse be dismantled. A distinguished committee of the New York Provincial Congress instructed Major William Malcolm to ...

Sandy Hook Lighthouse (U.S. National Park Service)

The merchants petitioned the Colonial Assembly of New York to request that a lighthouse be erected on Sandy Hook to guide ships safely into New ...

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The Sandy Hook Light was built by the Colony of New York and first lit in 1764 — all funded by a lottery. To pay for its maintenance and ...

Harbor Defenses of New York - Wikipedia

Circa 1915 the Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook separated from the latter command. In 1925 the commands were renamed as Harbor Defense Commands, and in 1935 the ...

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Sabotage on Sandy Hook: our oldest lighthouse's Redcoat past

The powerful British Navy would likely attempt to sail into New York Harbor, led by ship captains unfamiliar with the intricacies of the waters ...

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Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area (N.J.)-Antiquities. 2. Gateway. National Recreation Area (N.J. and N.Y.)~Antiquities. 3. Coast defenses ...

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1776- New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled. 1475- Michelangelo is born. 1986- Georgia O'Keeffe dies. 1951- The espionage trial of Ethel and ...

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THE SANDY HOOK DEFENSES - NPS History

... Dismantled I 349. H. Recommendations I 349 ... The time had arrived for the United States to look to the outer defenses of New York Harbor.

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Meanwhile, the Sandy Hook North Beacon had lost its usefulness, due to changes in the shoreline and the shipping routes in and out of New York ...

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New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled — History.com This Day in History — 3/... A committee of the New York Provincial Congress in... Jeanie ...

Sandy Hook Is America's Oldest Continuously Operating Lighthouse

In response, New York merchants petitioned the Colonial Assembly of New York in 1761 to build a lighthouse on Sandy Hook. The New York Assembly supported this ...

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... lighthouse in the entirety of Manhattan. In 1921, the US Coast Guard bought and dismantled a lighthouse in Sandy Hook, New Jersey and ...

Rockland Lake - Hudson River Lighthouses

"It will be a substantial building," said a Government contractor to a Journal reporter yesterday, "as all of the material used is of the very best." It is ...