Alternate Name(s):
Old Presque Isle
Type:
Year Established:
1818
Existing:
Yes
Download:
Erie Land PA 2004 TAT_0.jpeg (970.85 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2004
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
PRESQUE ISLE/ERIE BAY/LAKE ERIE
Latitude:
42° 8.38'
Longitude:
80° 3.44'
City / Town:
ERIE
U.S. State:
Pennsylvania
Location County:
ERIE
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1899
Year Tower Established:
1867
Tower Construction Material:
SANDSTONE W/BRICK LINING
Tower Foundation:
TIMBER/LIMESTONE/CEMENT
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
128
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
49
Tower Shape:
CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORK/OILROOM
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1867
Keeper's Quarters Style:
SALT BOX
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME/BRICK
OPTICS
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1867
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017