sentences:  The first light at this location was built in 1871 by Francis A. Gibbons, replacing a lightship which was stationed there the previous year.A ten pile arrangement similar to that of the York Spit Light in Virginia was used.Initially equipped with a sixth-order Fresnel lens, it was upgraded to a fifth order lens in 1881 after ice piled up around the foundation and disturbed some of the outer piles, tilting the house slightly.