1222. (copy photo) Robbins Reef Light Station, Keepers Enjoy a Meal c.1945.
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1222. (copy photo) Robbins Reef Light Station, Keepers Enjoy a Meal c.1945.
1222. (copy photo) Robbins Reef Light Station, Keepers Enjoy a Meal c.1945. Just off the northern tip of Staten Island, a small ridge of sand was named Robyn’s Rift. Later Anglicized to Robbin’s Reef, the reef is situated near the entrance to Kill van Kull channel, a three-mile-long waterway linking Upper New York Bay to Newark Bay, home of the busiest port in the eastern United States. To mark this hazard, the brown and white cast iron “sparkplug style” light tower and integral keepers quarters was built in 1883 to replace an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. Shown here in this superb digital copy of a World Telegram photo, are Coast Guard Keepers Ralph Rexinger and Joaquim H. Brito beginning to eat while Olaf Anderson dishes food from the coal stove. Superb view shows all aspects of the interior living space – rarely seen. Interesting is the center lighthouse support which serves as a flue for the stove as well. 8” x 10” digital image, dates from November 1, 1945 by photographer Dick DeMarsico. Clear, crisp, only two cropping marks. (VG+). $20.