Type:
Year Established:
1871
Existing:
Yes
Download:
colchester reef 338_3865.jpg (4.16 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
May 22, 2007
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
LOCATION
Location:
SHELBURNE MUSEUM (RELOCATED FROM LAKE CHAMPLAIN)
Latitude:
44° 33.5'
Longitude:
72° 03'
City / Town:
SHELBURNE
U.S. State:
Vermont
Location County:
CHITTENDEN
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
SHELBURNE MUSEUM
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1933
Year Tower Established:
1871
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
ORIG. GRANITE PIER
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
35
Tower Shape:
SQUARE ON DWELLING
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1871
Keeper's Quarters Style:
SECOND EMPIRE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1871
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
Moved from Lake Champlain to the Shelburne Museum in 1952. (Geographic coordinates provided here are the original location.) The original lens remains in place; a solar powered light has been installed, but it does not serve as an aid to navigation.
Information from New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide website (author Jeremy D'Entremont), www.newenglandlighthouses.net.