Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-04
EXECUTION ROCK LIGHT.
How Mariners Arc Guided Along the
Sound TO He'll Gate.


aud Willct's point, the entrance TO
Long Island sound, is Execution Rock
hight winch lowers into the air from
the surrounding waste Of waters.
Here II ha. stood, If the tales Of the
He'll Gate pilots are TO be believed,
nigh onto nalf a century, warning the
mariner a. nlghtofthe dangers OF Fix.
ecutiUu rock. and guiding him on his
true course over the long stretch of
waters, The rock on which the light
u1usc Is erected derives lis name, So
the story runs. from the fact that dur
lEg lrs Revelation n vessel Of which
lHc ere" had muGmlcd ran ashore
here through bad management of the
mulluvrrS. when they were overcome
US their mghtful officers and hanged
Yu lh' rDck
The rocky inlet lies about four
niles hclow larchmoui, aud south.
rt-t ol New Rochelle and Glen Isl
md Il IS also about two miles
]unsth,astoi Sands point on the Long
island shore, The tower which IL
buiil OF white stone. is circular in
form, and Is iuFty-scycn feet high. Ii
ulsau non top which ispiutrd black.
The ground lloUr Is used for the si1r-
gre uf the mineral oil used Ia feeding
The lamps and various odds uGa ends
On lfe second floor Is tie double boil
er winch supplies the fog horn with
not gIT, aud also the machinery ioI
,ogrlug Tive air into the horn. TIE
luru Is situated on the floor above
aud Is Ui brass, the ed projecting
about SIS Iog, beyond The bGil4.ag
II sounds blasts of seven seconds du.
ration VITA intervals Of larty-three
seconds Ia case Of aH accident u
iuo ~ggaal, III" lighthouse Is supplief
with aH Anderson fog horn. which IS
Men sounded
The li-il is situated in Tire upper
Story iue wall OF this llO0r Is form.
Cd ur pilates of glass OF about -four feet
square The light j. white and fixed
anG Is visible al a distance VI thirteen
miles & large, brass circular lamp.
FIth a foot and half glass chimney
about three inches in diameter, fur.
ur,lly, ,pe necessary illumination.
The hight Is surrounded by a glass
globe Il foot IN diameter.
On llp west side, adjoining tho tow.
er I, two story granite dwelling In
which the keeper las family aud as
s,-ilrIt reside. The house is neatly
furnished. 1t is bui.t or q foundation
~ concrete ard rock. The coumuui
cation vita the shore is b. a whale
on4l J8d % snail rowIout. Tho kCgF
crs take lrru, in watching each ue
.ug ua iuty alternate days from a
"a uu a m "a period of twenty-lOu
auur,
A small library has been furnished
by The lighthouse department Dur
ing the Summer months there art
many visitors, bat during the winter
the only persons ccm are The Hell
Gate pilots, who make Tins theil
boarding station. Supplies are Oh
tanned from tins city and the light
mouse tug. Tie keepers residence,
according 10 tie dple under the caves.
WAS buliL in l5jf. Pgrcious 10 that
ume lie second and third floors Ct
he tower were uspd as q dwelling,
tut this place being needed for the
fog horn, the house was erected.
About 4 quarter Of Il century ago il
WIS necessary 20 enter the station bl
Crawling through "A window GA the
cast side. up to which the row boat.
we're hulslel.
The nearest lightto Execution rock l.
atthe extreme end Of Sands point l.. /
This is a flashing white i,glt, visible
thirteen miles. Th2 interval betwe,3
It's flashes Is thirty secoDu5. The tow
or, which 4, lorty-sIN iect high, IL
bullt Oi white stone and is nj the en-.
trance TO Cow bay. Adjoining the
house is dwelling OF free stone occu.
pied by the Keeper. \ short distance
mp the beach on the bay is the Sands
Point pavilion. aud back OF this, on
the high ground, il the Sands Point
Ao,el. On the edge OF the salt meadow
is The old Sands house, II wasa place
Of some importance during the Reyo
luton IN The secret service OF passing
money and news from Long Island &c
the American army on tie mainland
The place rendered another impor
tant service, more closely related t.
the present day. Capt. John SANDS
bought the estate in 1895, but he con.
tinued 10 follow the sea and ran a
trading schooner between New York
and Virginia. On one OF these trips
he brought home a quantity Of Young
locust trees and planted them aleb
this shore. They grew SO we'll, ana
the timber was recognized as SO valu
able, that other people soon planted
them from his stock. Thus Long Isl.
and New England derived supply
Of this wood from Sands point
Among the other light, 10 be seen
on the way from this city 10 Newport
By boat are Blackwcll's lsiuHd. North
Brothers, Eiton's. Bridgeport. Old
Fields, Horton Point, Coru,cld, Say.
brick. Plum Island, kalkn"rs Island,
Gull, New Haven. New London. Race
Rock. Long Beach, Point Judith,
Beaver 'Iml, BiIrlctts Reef, Little
Gull, GARDENERS Island, DJtch Island,
Polar Point, Prudence, Warwick,
Newport Head, North Dumpling,
MoHlauk, Stouington, Watch Hill
aud BlorG Island, north aud south
New lCm TClegram
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