Highlands in Monmouth County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Electric Power Station

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 15, 2022

1. Electric Power Station Marker

Inscription.
Twin Lights was the first primary seacoast light in the United States to use electricity. This building contained equipment for generating electric power for the light which produced 25,000,000 candlepower, by far the most powerful in the United States.

This building, completed in 1909, replaced an earlier wood structure built in 1898.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Lighthouses series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.

Location. 40° 23.781′ N, 73° 59.136′ W. Marker is in Highlands, New Jersey, in Monmouth County. It can be reached from Light House Road 0.1 miles south of Twinlights Terrace, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Light House Rd, Highlands NJ 07732, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey,

specifically on the Jersey Shore,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Twin Lights Mystery Cannon (here, next to this marker); Powerhouse (here, next to this marker); The Navesink Light Station (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Navesink Light Station (within shouting distance of this marker); From the Navesink Highlands (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Telegraph and Radar at Twin Lights (within shouting distance of this marker); Spermaceti Cove Life Saving Station (within shouting distance of this marker); Spermaceti Cove Lifesaving Station (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Highlands.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Navesink Highlands Light Station (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 15, 2022

2. Electric Power Station Marker

now near it); a different marker also named Powerhouse (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Telegraph and Radar at Twin Lights (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Marconi at Twin Lights (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Old North Tower (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Spermaceti Cove Lifeboat Station (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on October 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2022, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 166 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 19, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.