It's likely that needed emergency repairs to the weather-damaged Fire Island Lighthouse ... The 168-foot-tall lighthouse tower dates to 1858. Credit: Daniel Goodrich The current sprayed-concrete ...

Located at Fire Island National Seashore ... which was shorter than the current lighthouse and allowed a light to be seen 14 miles out at sea. The taller lighthouse opened in 1858 and allows ...

The Fire Island Lighthouse can be seen ... As shipwrecks continued to occur, the current black and white structure was built at four times the cost of the original, but it stands almost twice as tall ...

Several fire departments responded and ... damages” to the “historic structure.” The current Bodie Island lighthouse first ...