Orient Long Beach Bar Light is a lighthouse off Orient, New York. It is interesting because it was originally a screwpile lighthouse that was later converted to concrete caisson foundation. Its early appearance as a screwpile lighhouse gave it the nickname "Bug Light" as there were no other such lighthouses in the vicinity.
The Long Beach Bar Light was destroyed in 1963 by fire. A replica was rebuilt (the foundation survived).[2] The building was reassembled in 1990, and re-activated as a navigational aid in 1993.[2]
The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Orient Long Beach Bar Light [3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Subject: Orient Long Beach Bar Light 
Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:51 pm