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History & Landmarks Lighthouses Gardiner's Point Light
 The light was constructed on an unstable sand bar. The loss of beach led to the proposal to relocate or rebuild the light, but it was abandoned after a storm. The masonry structure "toppled into the sea" shortly thereafter. The government then tried to establish a fort site, to be named Fort Tyler, on the remaining land, but the sands were too unstable. This fort, which cost $500,000, was to have protected Long Island during the Spanish-American War.
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