Cunningham Creek

Type:
Year Established:
1835
Existing:
No
Cunningham Creek Beacon Light.jpg
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
Drawing by Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives

LOCATION

Location:
Lake Erie
Latitude:
41° 0.86'
Longitude:
81° 0.01'
City / Town:
CUNNINGHAM CREEK
U.S. State:
Ohio
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1847
Disposition:
Destroyed When Harbor Was Abandoned
Year Tower Established:
1835
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
STONE
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1835
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
THREE SPIDER LAMPS
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

Keeper's Dwelling still in existence but moved west about a mile

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018