Latimer Reef Light is located north of Fishers Island, just barely in New Yprk waters, but can be seen from the Connecticut shore. The sparkplug type cast-iron tower was built in 1884. The first keeper, Charles E.P. Noyes, a Civil War veteran, was paid a salary of $600 per year. Noyes had previously been the master of the Eel Grass Shoal Lightship. His two assistants received $400 per year. Frank Jo Raymond, a keeper in the 1920s, learned to paint in his spare time and later made his living as an artist. A man of many talents, Raymond rowed ashore on Saturday nights to play saxophone in a jazz band. He also sold some photographs he took during the hurricane of 1938 for use on postcards. Latimer Reef Light was automated in 1974, and in 1983 its Fresnel lens was removed and replaced by a modern plastic lens. The lighthouse remains an active aid to navigation.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:04:43 +0000
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