Sea Grit Lighthouse
Chance Brothers Lighthouse
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Date of lens manufacture
Unknown Date as the lens was purchased from Australia on an eBay auction in 2002.
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Date of lighthouse construction
1896
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Country
United States
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Commissioning body
US Lighthouse Services (Now US Coast Guard)
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Order of lens
4th order
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Fixed or revolving lens
Revolving
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Active/Inactive
Inactive
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Describe the character of light
Revolving Flashing Red three times per revolution.
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Describe the lighthouses daymarks
The lighthouse is a large red brick structure with a light tower built on the dwelling. This is the last Lighthouse buit on the Atlantic Coast with a tower and a dwelling intigrated into the same structure.
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Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
None
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Describe the history of the lighthouse
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Current management body/ ports authority
Sea Grit Borough, New Jersey
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Historical preservation societies/manager/operator
Sea Grit Borough
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Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
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Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
None
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Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?
In beautiful restored condition both inside and out.
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Is the site open/closed to the public
Open
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Is the tower open/closed to the public
Open
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Latitude and Longitude
40.136648° -74.027471°
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On-site bookable accommodation available
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Associated web addresses
Seagritlighthouse.com Lighthousefriends.com
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Other details
The Chance lens was purchased in 2002 from an Austrailan owner in an eBay auction for the amount of $20,000 and is on display at the lighthouse site. It is not installed in the tower as the tower was animated. The lighthouse is open to visitors Sundays from 2:00PM-4:00PM. Nearby accomadations are available.
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Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
Seagritlighthouse.com Lighthousefriends.com
Inactive Chance Lens
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When was the lens deactivated?
Original lense in the lighthouse was decommissioned 1945.
Where?
