Editing Sandy Hook Light (section)

{{Short description|The oldest lighthouse in New Jersey and the United States.}}
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{{Infobox lighthouse
| image_name = Sandy Hook Lighthouse October 2020 002.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = Sandy Hook Lighthouse in 2020
| location = [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]], [[New Jersey]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|27|42|N|74|00|07|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| mapframe = no
| yearbuilt = June 11, 1764
| automated = 1965
| foundation = Stone
| construction = [[Rubble]]
| shape = Octagonal
| height = {{convert|103|ft}}
| range = {{convert|19|nmi}}
| characteristic = Fixed white lighted throughout 24 hours
| module =
{{Infobox NRHP 
 | embed = yes
 | name = Sandy Hook Light
 | nrhp_type = nhl
 | architect =
 | architecture =
 | designated_nrhp_type = January 29, 1964<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=331&ResourceType=Building|title=Sandy Hook Light|accessdate=2008-06-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225013546/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=331&ResourceType=Building|archivedate=2009-02-25}}</ref>
 | added = October 15, 1966
 | locmapin = USA New Jersey Monmouth County#USA New Jersey#USA
 | refnum = 66000468<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=66000468}}</ref>
 | designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
 | designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
 | designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
 | designated_other1_date = May 27, 1971
 | designated_other1_number = 2029<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/monmouth.pdf |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office |date=March 1, 2011 |accessdate=April 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202145100/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/monmouth.pdf |archivedate=December 2, 2007 }}</ref>
 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom
 | designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
 }}
}}

The '''Sandy Hook Lighthouse''', located about one and a half statute miles (2.4&nbsp;km) inland from the tip of [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]], [[New Jersey]], is the oldest working [[lighthouse]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lighthousesusa.blogspot.com/2007/07/oldest-lighthouse-in-united-states.html|title=Oldest Lighthouse in the United States|date=July 12, 2007|access-date=October 18, 2011|archive-date=October 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013163715/http://lighthousesusa.blogspot.com/2007/07/oldest-lighthouse-in-united-states.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by [[Isaac Conro]]. At that time, it stood only {{convert|500|ft|m|abbr=off}} from the tip of Sandy Hook; however, today, due to growth caused by [[littoral drift]], it is almost {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km|spell=in}} inland from the tip. It was listed as a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1964 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on October 15, 1966, for its significance in commerce and transportation.<ref name="nris"/>