Absecum, New Jersey: Pages from the Past

In conformity with the Notice to Mariners of 10th November last, notice is hereby given that the Tower and keeper's dwelling at Absecum, N.J., are now completed, and a light will be exhibited therefrom, for the first time, at sunset on the 15th of January, 1857, and every night thereafter from sunset to sunrise. The tower is of brick, unpainted, and is surmounted by an iron lantern painted black. The illuminating apparatus is catadioptric of the first order of Fresnel, showing a fixed white light.