Type:
Year Established:
1906
Existing:
Yes
Download:
Conneaut Harbor 1915.png (1.91 MB)
File Type:
png (image/png)
Photo Date:
1915
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
On the west breakwater
Latitude:
41° 58.8'
Longitude:
80° 33'
City / Town:
Conneaut
U.S. State:
Ohio
Location County:
Ashtabula
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1906 / 1920 / 1936
Tower Construction Material:
Metal
Tower Foundation:
Concrete Crib
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
80
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
60
Tower Shape:
Pyramidal
Tower Daymark:
White with black center stripe
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1873
Keeper's Quarters Style:
T-Shaped
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Wood
Other Structures:
1-STORY YELLOW BRICK CONTROL HOUSE THAT HOUSED AN AUXILARY GENERATOR AND WAS USED TO MONITOR LIGHT
OPTICS
Current Optic:
375 MM
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1972
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Nov 15, 2022
Historical Information
- 1936 The 925 foot lakeward extention of the east breakwater, begun in 1934, was completed. On April 1, the new Conneaut West Breakwater Lighthouse was established on the end of the west breakwater where it stands today. The1920 Conneaut Harbor Lighthouse was demolished using dynamite.
At a cost of $70,000, the 1936 lighthouse was built by F. P. Dillon and W. G. Will. A reflection of the artistic style of the 1930’s, the Art Deco light consists of a square, cylindrical tower on a square fog building. It stands 60 feet high and is made of white steel plates on a concrete foundation. Upon completion, the 11,000-candlepower light source atop the shaft produced a beam that could be seen seventeen miles out into Lake Erie. The tower also housed a diaphone type fog horn that would blast air through a 3.5 inch pipe and metal vibrator. The resulting sound could be heard from about fifteen miles. Its “sister” lighthouse was built by Dillon and Will that same year at Huron, approximately 120 miles southwest. In its early years, the lighthouse was controlled remotely from a shore house by a keeper and two assistants. As ice prohibited travel on the lakes during the winter, the light was inactive from December 25 to March 1. During this break, the keepers would alternate taking vacations.
- 1949 The Harbor Street keepers quarters were expanded and a control bldg was added.
- 1965 Originally painted white, the lighthouse tower was later given a horizontal black band as a daymark.