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In Suffolk county New York, below Long Island sits a lighthouse that is near the mainland of Fire Island. The history of this lighthouse dates back to 1826. It was in that year that the cream, octagonal lighthouse was finished. This lighthouse was made out of Connecticut River blue split stone and was only 74 feet tall. Not being overly tall, created the problem of not being as effective as it should have been, so the lighthouse was torn down.To this day all that is left of that first lighthouse