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Buy Books Here New England Lighthouses	Since the1700's, the lighthouses of the East Coast have lit the way for mariners to aid in the safe navigation of these shorelines.  Heavy shipping of goods along the eastern seaboard prompted the construction of lighthouses in concentrated numbers.  In 1820 the coast from Delaware Bay northward possessed 75% of the nation's lighthouses.  The pattern for this concentration of lighthouses had been set during the colonial period.  After the Revolution, New England retained it's notoriety in maritime activity, and as a result, the number of lighthouses increased dramatically.  Of the 14 lighthouses built between the end of the war and 1799, all but 4 were north of New York City.  The following 20 years saw little change in this growth... only 6 of the 26 lighthouses constructed in the 1801 - 1820 period were located south of the Delaware Bay.  At the end of the Revolution, less than half of these lighthouses were still in operation.  The colonies spent a great deal of time and money in the repair of these guardians of the Eastern Shores of the Atlantic.
	New Jersey Lighthouses
	The links below may take you to another site on the internet. Absecon Ambrose Lightstation  Bergen Point Lighthouse  Barnegat Light Brandywine Shoal Light  Cape May Light Chapel Hill Lighthouse  Cohansey Lighthouse (No longer exists) Conover Beacon  Cross Ledge Deepwater Point Range  East Point Lighthouse East Point Lighthouse - Java View Egg Island Point Lighthouse Elbow of Cross Ledge  Finns Point Range Lights Fort Mifflin Range  Great Beds Lighthouse  Hereford Horseshoe Range  Ludlum Beach Lighthouse Maurice River Cove Range Miah Maull Lighthouse Navesink Twins Passaic Lighthouse Point Comfort Lighthouse  Sandy Hook Light Sea Girt Ship John Shoal Lighthouse Tinicum Island Range - Front Range Tinicum Island Range - Rear Range Tucker Island Lighthouse (No longer exists) Waackaack Rear Range Light (No longer exists)
	New York Lighthouses
	The links below may take you to another site on the internet. Champlain Memorial Cumberland Head - New Cumberland Head - Old Esopus Meadows Fire Island Light Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Kingston-Rondout Lighthouse Little Gull Island Light Montauk Point Light Plattsburg Land Plattsburg N. Breakwater Plattsburg S. Breakwater Plum Island Light Romer Shoals Light Saugerties Lighthouse Split Rock Point Stony Point Lighthouse Statue Of Liberty Yes... It was a lighthouse ! Stratford Shoals (Middleground) Light Stratford Shoal (Middleground) #2 Tarrytown Lighthouse You will also find additional New York lighthouses on the Great Lakes Pages in the sections of Lake Ontario and The St. Lawrence River.
	Connecticut Lighthouses
	The links below may take you to another site on the internet. Bridgeport Harbor Light  Falkner Island Light Great Captain Island Light Greens Ledge Light Latimer Reef Light  Lynde Point Light Lynde Point Light #2 Morgan Point Light Mystic Seaport New Haven Light New London Harbor Light New London Ledge Light Old Saybrook Breakwater Light Peck Ledge Light Penfield Reef Light Seaside Light Sheffield Island Light Stratford Point Light Stamford Harbor Light Stonington Harbor Tongue Point Light
	Vermont Lighthouses
	The links below may take you to another site on the internet. Burlington North Breakwater Burlington South Breakwater Colchester Reef Light / Museum Isle La Motte Light
	Rhode Island Lighthouses
	The links below may take you to another site on the internet. Beavertail Light Block Island North Light Block Island North Light #2 Block Island Southeast Light Block Island Southeast Light #2 Castle Hill Light Dutch Island Lighthouse Ida Lewis Light Island Light Point Judith Light Watch Hill Light Whaleback
	Massachusetts Lighthouses
	The links below may take you to another site on the internet. Annisquam Boston Light Brant Point Chatham Light Derby Wharf Light East Chop Light Eastern Point Light Edgartown Gay Head Light Graves Light Highland Light Station Long Point Light Marblehead Minots Ledge Nauset Light Nobska Point Light Sankaty Light Scituate Light West Chop Light
	New Hampshire Lighthouses
	The links below may take you to another site on the internet. Whaleback Light Portsmouth Harbor Light
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