Type:
Year Established:
1848
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1903
Download:
Rock Island NY TAT 2009.jpg (5.89 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER/LAKE ONTARIO
Latitude:
44° 16'49"
Longitude:
76° 1'02"
City / Town:
ORLEANS
U.S. State:
New York
Location County:
JEFFERSON
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1930S
Year Tower Established:
1848
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON/BRICK
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE/LIMESTONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
50 ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
45 FT
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1848
Keeper's Quarters Style:
VICTORIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
CLAPBOARD BOATHOUSE (1920), SHOP, FIELDSTONE SMOKEHOUSE (CA. 1847), STEEL GENERATOR HOUSE (1900), CLAPBOARD CARPENTERS SHOP (1882)
OPTICS
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017