Type:
Year Established:
1856
Existing:
Yes
Non-Existing (More Info.):
Ruins
Source:
LL-1901
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
LOCATION
Location:
Lake Erie Near Canadian Border
Latitude:
42° 52'53"
Longitude:
78° 54'56"
City / Town:
BUFFALO
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1920
Disposition:
Currently Just a Shell
Year Tower Established:
1856
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON/WOOD
Tower Foundation:
REEF/CRIB/SCREW PILE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
44.5 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
29 FT
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1856
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018