 The current light was constructed in 1842 a few yards off the coast of Goat Island and was connected to Goat Island by a narrow dike (the area was filled in the 1960s for the hotel) because the previous light failed in adequately warning ships of a reef just a few yards off Goat Island.The original lighting apparatus was, however, transferred to the newer lighthouse in 1842.In 1864 an attached lighthouse keeper's house was built.