JUNIPER ISLAND

Year Established:
1826
Existing:
Yes
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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
May 24, 2007
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont

LOCATION

Location:
APPROACH TO HARBOR AT BURLINGTON/LAKE CHAMPLAIN
Latitude:
44° 27'
Longitude:
73° 16.6'
City / Town:
BURLINGTON
U.S. State:
Vermont
Location County:
CHITTENDEN
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
PRIVATE OWNER
Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. JUNIPER ISLAND
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1954
Year Tower Established:
1846
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON PLATE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
93
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
30
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1853
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

In 1954, the light was replaced by an automatic light on a steel skeleton tower. A fire started by careless campers destroyed the keeper's house in 1962. The private owners of the lighthouse built a reconstruction of the house in the early 2000s.

Information from New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide website (author Jeremy D'Entremont), www.newenglandlighthouses.net.


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017