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Message: [QUOTE="Samuel Halpern, post: 46815, member: 137378"] Great series of articles Mark. Thanks for posting. For those unaware, in 1907 the end of a transatlantic voyage to NY was marked when a ship passed the Sandy Hook Lightship in lower NY bay. At that time it was located about 6 miles east of Sandy Hook, NJ. In 1899 $4 million were approved to construct the Ambrose Channel which was dredged to a depth of 45 feet and a width of 2,000 feet. Seven years later, funds were approved to erect a number of navigational aids along the channel which included a pair of range lights at Staten Island and West Bank. It was in 1908 that the Sandy Hook Lightship was moved to a new location about 8 miles east of Sandy Hook, NJ and renamed the Ambrose Channel Lightship. [/QUOTE]