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	Little Red Lighthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Little Red Lighthouse is a small lighthouse located on the Hudson River in New York City.
		The Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse (as it is officially known) stands on a small point called Jeffrey’s Hook at the base of the eastern pillar of the George Washington Bridge, which connects the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan to Fort Lee, New Jersey.
		The lighthouse was erected in 1880 as the North Hook Beacon at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, where it stood until 1917.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Red_Lighthouse (315 words)

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		A little lighthouse shines again -!-!- Susan M. Sipprelle -!-!- 2005/11/15 -!-!- Like the children's story of the little red lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge, the forlorn little white lighthouse under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge didn't seem to be needed or wanted any longer.
		Lighthouses were the first public works funded in the country, but many have been torn down or destroyed.
		The Horton Point Lighthouse, originally commissioned by President Washington in 1790, was deactivated in 1932, but restored and re-lit in 1990 as an aid to navigation through the combined efforts of the Coast Guard, local government and volunteers.
	jscms.jrn.columbia.edu /cns/2005-11-15/sipprelle-lighthouse/fullText (996 words)

	The Little Red Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The Little RED Lighthouse, also known as Jeffery's Hook Lighthouse, sits on Jeffery's Hook on the eastside of the Hudson River.
		Little RED began its service at the George Washington Bridge in 1921.
		The lighthouse remained in disrepair and was plagued by vandalism for many years.
	home.att.net /~furnmkr/lilred.html (342 words)

	Hudson River Valley Lighthouses - Jeffries Point Lighthouse
		The Little Red Lighthouse is actually correctly known as the Jeffreys Hook Lighthouse.
		The lighthouse is open on a regular basis for tours from Spring thru Fall, led by Urban Park Rangers.
		Inside the lighthouse are historical exhibits on the lighthouse and area.
	www.hudsonlights.com /littlered.htm (390 words)

	Lighthouses
		The best time to see this lighthouse is in the Fall during the "Little Red Lighthouse Festival" when there are tours of the lighthouse, food, photo displays, and even a reading of the famous children's storybook.
		The lighthouse today is a gift shop, and in the summer months she acts as a post office as well.
		This lighthouse was built in 1856, marked the entrance to Baltimore harbor, and served 133 years.
	www.angelfire.com /ny2/robertswebpage/pg18Lighthouses.html (772 words)

	Amazon.com: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge Gift Set: Night-light and Book: Books: Hildegarde H. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		This classic story of the proud little lighthouse that stands on the Manhattan bank of the Hudson River, beneath the George Washington Bridge, is paired for the first time with a beaming night-light, sure to make any room a safe and welcoming harbor.
		It is about a (relatively) little lighthouse on the Hudson River and the George Washington bridge, its new, and overpowering, neighbor (it was written in the 40's).
		The little red lighthouse sits all by itself at the shore of the Hudson River.
	www.amazon.com /Little-Lighthouse-Great-Gray-Bridge/dp/0152045740 (1911 words)

	History of WaHI: Little Red Lighthouse - Washington Heights & Inwood Online
		Much of the land surrounding the lighthouse, including the riverbanks of Jeffrey’s Hook, was acquired by the City in 1896, and became known as Fort Washington Park.
		In 1986, Parks hosted a party in honor of the lighthouse’s 65th anniversary and to celebrate a $209,000 renovation to the lighthouse that included reconstruction of the concrete foundation and the installation of new steel doors.
		In the year 2000, the lighthouse received a fresh coat of red paint that is true to its original, historic color, along with new interior lighting and electric lines.
	www.washington-heights.us /history/archives/000473.html (1076 words)

	Hudson River Cruises and Ferries in New York's Hudson Valley
		In 1826, the Stony Point Lighthouse was the first to shine its light on the Hudson, starting a system of lights that eventually grew to 14 lighthouses and numerous post lamps to guide mariners safely the length of the river.
		Each September, the Little Red Lighthouse Festival draws thousands of visitors and during the season regular tours of the lighthouse are conducted by the Urban Park Rangers.
		Esopus Lighthouse - Affectionately known as the "Maid of the Meadow," this light is the last of the wooden lighthouses on the Hudson.
	www.hudsonriver.com /lighthouses.htm (1430 words)

	Lighthouse Ratings.com - Quiz # 2 Lighthouse Artists and Writers
		Transcendentalist writer who visited this lighthouse a few times in the 1850's and wrote that erosion would put an end to the lighthouse in less than forty years.
		"Lighthouse Hill" is said to have been the source of influence that Alfred Hitchcock used for the visual of the "Bate's Motel" up on the hill in the movie "Psycho".
		This lighthouse was the first actual/real life lighthouse that he depicted in one of his paintings.
	www.lighthouseratings.com /Artists (685 words)

	Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society - The Channel Marker - Spring 1998
		The red cast iron lighthouse was not a new structure, however.
		Little Red was declared a city landmark in 1991 by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission.
		Information about the Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse was included in the ad, which said "The Little Red Lighthouse now belongs to the City of New York as a beacon to children instead of to ships." Indeed it does, and children and adults everywhere are very, very proud of New York's Little Red lighthouse.
	www.cheslights.org /newsletter/channel2.htm (1621 words)

	Little Red Lighthouse still shines - Books - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Today, Little Red again shines proudly — its light flashing on and off every few seconds from dusk to dawn — in the shadow of the great gray bridge.
		By 1947, Little Red was rendered obsolete and decommissioned by the Coast Guard.
		Today, he is a big promoter of Little Red, recalling that the book made a huge impression on him as a child.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3076111 (1249 words)

	‘Little Red Lighthouse’ shines again - HIDDEN MEDIA misc - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Before the red tower was immortalized in print, it was a simple lighthouse, built in 1880 in Sandy Hook, N.J. In 1921 it was disassembled, brought to Manhattan, and rebuilt to warn Hudson River navigators of dangerous rocks.
		So when the lighthouse was threatened with demolition, a letter-writing campaign by children and parents gathered enough momentum to stop the demolition and, by 1951, to shepherd the Little Red Lighthouse into the care of Robert Moses’ New York City Parks Department.
		Katrina Meyer, a tired little girl in her father’s arms, said she did, that she “thinks about the light going on and off.” Adria Quinones, who brought her son Toby, also lit up when asked about the night on the river: “We loved it.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3071258 (1073 words)

	Lighthouse Stories - iboats Marine MegaMall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Birdie, a young girl living on a tiny and desolate lighthouse island, watches her father tend the light and keeps the light going when her father falls ill. Based on true stories of lighthouse heroines.
		A riveting adventure set in Washington Territory in 1874 in which a lighthouse keeper's teenage son uncovers a mystery surrounding a shipwreck, a murder and a sinister treasure-hunting stranger.
		Here is the story of how the little lighthouse learned that it was still very important and needed.
	www.iboats.com /products/book/12271_Lighthouse_Stories.html (204 words)

	The Little Red Lighthouse (Jeffrey's Hook) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The Little Red Lighthouse stands proudly beneath the George Washington Bridge on the New York shore.
		The Little Red served as a navigational aid before and after the bridge was built.
		The Lighthouse is in Fort Washington Park,178th Street and Hudson River, New York, NY [From Lafayette Place at W. 181st Street, take steps, footpath and footbridge over the highway, down to the park and south to the Lighthouse.]
	www.lighthousemuseum.org /nylights/lred.html (342 words)

	Alibris: Lighthouses
		The little red lighthouse proudly warns the many ships on the Hudson River of the rocks they should avoid.
		But when a heavy fog rolls in, it's the lighthouse's bright lamp that protects the boats, and the lighthouse has plenty to be proud of once...
		Living sheltered on a lighthouse island with only her parents for company, Maita always longed for a sibling-longed not to be the only child the ragged island knew.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Lighthouses (1082 words)

	A Lighthouse Shines Again - 10/21/2002 - Publishers Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The Little Red Lighthouse, in which the title character frets that he is too small to be useful after an enormous bridge is built above him, played a role in saving the book's namesake—officially called the Jeffrey's Hook lighthouse—from being sold at auction in 1951.
		Yet the lighthouse remained dark, lacking the rare lens, last produced in the 1920s, required to illuminate the beacon.
		The anniversary edition of The Little Red Lighthouse and the lighthouse itself were star attractions at the 10th annual Little Red Lighthouse Festival at Fort Washington Park on September 21, attended by some 8,000 fans of both.
	www.publishersweekly.com /article/CA253329.html?display=archive (1167 words)

	National Lighthouse Museum - Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The Little Red Lighthouse served as a navigational aid before and after the bridge was built.
		The Lighthouse is in Fort Washington Park, 178th Street and Hudson River, New York, NY [From Lafayette Place at W. 181st Street, take steps, footpath and footbridge over the highway, down to the park and south to the Lighthouse.]
		The Little Red Lighthouse is administered by: City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation.
	www.lighthousemuseum.org /nylights/lred.htm (270 words)

	Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse, New York at Lighthousefriends.com
		In 1921, the lighthouse was reconstructed on Jeffrey’s Hook in an attempt to improve navigational aids on the Hudson River.
		In the end, the lighthouses learns that it still has an important job to do and that there is still a place in the world for on old lighthouse.
		In 1986, Parks and Recreation hosted a party in honor of the lighthouse’s 65th anniversary and to celebrate a $209,000 renovation to the lighthouse that included reconstruction of the concrete foundation and the installation of new steel doors.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=393 (802 words)

	Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... Little Red Lighthouse Under Great Gray Bridge Shines Again
		The lighting ceremony took place on a clear NYC evening beneath the George Washington Bridge, accompanied by the historic fireboat John Harvey honoring Little Red with a beautiful water display when the Little Red Lighthouse was lit.
		The lighting of the Little Red kicked off the 10th Annual Little Red Lighthouse Festival on September 21.
		Another tradition at the festival each year is the reading of the children’s book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, and this year they had two special guest readers—actor James Earl Jones and author Carol Higgins Clark.
	www.lhdigest.com /Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1504 (557 words)

	Amazon.com: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge: Books: Hildegarde H. Swift,Lynd Ward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		A little lighthouse on the Hudson River regains its pride when it finds out that it is still useful and has an important job to do.
		I think "The Little Red Lighthouse and the Gray Bridge," written by Hildegard Hoyt Swift and illustrated by Lynd Ward, is arguably the most significant of the books we first "read" on "Captain Kangaroo." I have two reasons for this.
		Enormous steel girders began to rise over the little lighthouse, and huge, heavy cables were strung between the girders.
	www.amazon.com /Little-Lighthouse-Great-Gray-Bridge/dp/0152045716 (1793 words)

	A little lighthouse shines again — JSCMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		A Coast Guard fireboat salutes the Fort Wadsworth Lighthouse in Fort Wadsworth Park on Staten Island near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge after the light was re-lit on September 24, 2005.
		He led the volunteer effort to restore the lighthouse, which was re-lit on September 24, 2005.
		In the early 1990s, a man lay in a hospital bed healing from a heart attack, staring at a picture of a lighthouse on the wall of his recovery room.
	jscms.jrn.columbia.edu /cns/2005-11-15/sipprelle-lighthouse (1181 words)

	Fort Tryon Park, Fort Washington Park, Bennett Park, the Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge - New York ...
		Revolutionary War and New York history, medieval European art and architecture, a little red lighthouse, views of the Hudson River and the New Jersey Palisades are waiting for you at Fort Tryon Park, Washington Park and Bennett Park near the north end of Manhattan.
		Jeffery's Hook Lighthouse sits at the base of the majestic George Washington Bridge, built in 1931.
		This “Little Red Light House” was saved from demolition in 1951 after Hildegard H. Swift wrote her popular children's book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge.
	www.inetours.com /New_York/Pages/Fort_Tryon.html (543 words)

	Little Red (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		1958 rand mcnally junior elf the little red wagon 104
		the lion and the little red bird elisa kleven
		the little mouse the red ripe strawberry braille
	www.online-orienteering.net /c30431/Little-Red.html (141 words)

	The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		This exhibltlon, The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge,, is open from Oct 2, 1998 through Jan 24, 1999.
		Right: Lyn Ward, The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, press print-ink, gouache and watercolor, courtesy of Susan Teller Gallery, NY As a unique twist to the narrative, the museum's labels for the Ward illustrations are written from the "big brother" bridge's point-of-view.
		Lyn Ward, The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, press print-ink, gouache and watercolor, courtesy of Susan Teller Gallery, NY The exhibit serves to complement the main exhibition Getting from Here to There which is on view from Oct 2, 1998 through Jan 24, 1999.
	www.tfaoi.com /newsmu/nmus122e.htm (400 words)

	Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... PEMAQUID PEACE
		My fascination with lighthouses started when I was a young boy living in the suburbs of New York City.
		She had commented to her mother how her interest in lighthouses had grown and that she wanted to someday visit the lighthouses in Maine.
		We were delighted when Maine put Pemaquid Point Lighthouse on the quarter and we were able to attend the special ceremony held there.
	www.lighthousedigest.com /Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=2533 (1303 words)

	Reading Rainbow . The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge Review \| PBS Kids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		It's called The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge.
		This is a story about a little red lighthouse who thinks he's not needed anymore because a great gray bridge has been built over him.
		Like a steamer that says "Who-hoot who-hoot who are you?" In the end, the great gray bridge tells the little red lighthouse that it is still needed to guide the ships along the river.
	pbskids.org /readingrainbow/books/review037c.html (138 words)

	Metroblogging NYC: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
		Long before the fancy bridge was built connecting NY and NJ, local mariners lobbied congress to build a lighthouse to warn ships of the shoals of Jeffrey's Hook in northern Manhattan.
		The lighthouse was extremely effective for many years, but became obsolete with the construction of the well-lit George Washington Bridge.
		The lighthouse is one of those neat things about this city that seem so incongruous, as if they should belong somewhere out in the hinterlands.
	nyc.metblogs.com /archives/2006/10/the_little_red.phtml (342 words)

	New Jersey Lighthouse Society - Home
		The New Jersey Lighthouse Society (NJLHS) was formed in 1989 as a state chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society.
		In 1994, the chapter became the New Jersey Lighthouse Society, one of the largest regional lighthouse societies in the United States.
		The Society is dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the history about and to support the preservation of lighthouses everywhere.
	www.njlhs.org (207 words)

	Little Red Lighthouse - Resource Directory - WaHI Online
		Directions: From Lafayette Place at W 181st Street, take steps, footpath and footbridge over the highway, down to the park and south to the lighthouse.
		The Jeffreys Hook Lighthouse served as a navigational aid before and after the George Washington Bridge was built.
		Hildegard Swift's children's book, The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge, popularized the lighthouse, and the millions of children who loved the lighthouse spoke out, saving it from destruction.
	www.naborsapts.org /neighborhood/entry.php?ResID=133 (138 words)

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