1593 UNITED STATES (New York) - Execution Rocks Lighthouse

Located in the middle of Long Island Sound, on the border between  New Rochelle and Sands Point, Execution Rocks Light stands 17m tall, with a white light flashing every 10 seconds, and is cosidered an early example of "wave swept tower" engineering. The granite tower is painted white with a brown band around the middle, and has an attached stone keeper's house, in Gothic Revival style. It is rumored that the lighthouse's site got its name before the American Revolutionary War when British colonial authorities executed people by chaining them to the rocks at low tide, allowing the rising water to drown them. Actually the name was chosen to reflect the dangerous shipping area created by the rocks' exposure during low tides.

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