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}} Tarrytown Light, also known as Kingsland Point Light and Sleepy Hollow Light, is a sparkplug lighthouse on the east side of the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States. It a conical steel structure erected in the 1880s. In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The need for a lighthouse to warn ships away from the shoals near the common route off Tarrytown and Ossining had been obvious by the mid-19th century. But high land values at two favored locations led the federal government to instead build it a offshore. It was the only family station on the lower Hudson, the only conical steel lighthouse on the Hudson to have living quarters within it rather than attached, and the only lighthouse in Westchester County. It remained in use until the mid-20th century; the construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge on the shoals where it stood, and the development of the General Motors Tarrytown Truck Assembly plant on land reclaimed from the river to its east, made the light obsolete. Today it is part of a county park, and tours are available. ==Building== The lighthouse is situated just off the riverbank at the southern end of Kingsland Point Park. A 100-foot (30 m) pedestrian bridge and riprap breakwater connects it to the shore. To its immediate east is a large vacant area, once the site of the General Motors North Tarrytown Assembly plant. Between it and the developed sections of Tarrytown are the tracks used by Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, Amtrak's Empire Service and CSX freight. The three-mile–long (5 km) Tappan Zee Bridge carries the New York State Thruway across the river a mile (1.6 km) to the south. The building itself is a five-story conical structure on a foundation of a stone pier and cast iron caisson〔 that holds a concrete cylinder which accounts for half the lighthouse's weight, securing it in the river bottom. It is faced in welded steel plates. The base is painted red, the tower white, and the lantern room is black. There are eight windows at alternating intervals on the second and third stories, eight portholes evenly spaced around the fourth story and glazed glass around the lantern room. A catwalk with a roof supported by iron columns encircles the first story and provides access to the main entrance. Two additional catwalks are located around the fifth floor and the lantern room, the latter with a decorative iron railing. A flagpole rises from the fifth-floor catwalk's east side.〔 Inside, the entrance leads to the main living area, an 18-foot-wide () living room and kitchen. Above them, the second and third stories, both wide, had bedrooms. The wall interiors are faced in brick to better insulate them.〔 The fourth floor, currently empty, was divided between a bedroom and a workshop. Its ceiling has glass inserts to allow light from the lantern to filter down into it. From it a ladder leads up to the watch area and lantern room. The 〔 fog bell remains there, but its works have been removed. In the cellar are the original coal shed and cistern.〔 A central column carries the cables and weight that rotate the lantern.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tarrytown Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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