Type:
Year Established:
1873
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1901
Download:
Presque Isle PA Ralph Eshelman 2015.jpeg (307.71 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2015
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
PRESQUE ISLE PENINSULA/LAKE ERIE
Latitude:
42° 09.57"
Longitude:
80° 06.57"
City / Town:
ERIE
U.S. State:
Pennsylvania
Location County:
ERIE
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1873
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
LIMESTONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
73.33 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
64.33 FT
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1873
Keeper's Quarters Style:
GABLE (ATTACHED)
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
RED BRICK
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE; ORIGINALLY BARN, STORAGE BUILDING, JETTY
OPTICS
Current Optic:
300 MM
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1873
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017