Schooner Ledge Range Rear

Type:
Year Established:
1880
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
skeletal tower
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1908
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Lake Erie
Latitude:
39° 52.20'
Longitude:
75° 17.54'
U.S. State:
Pennsylvania
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Schooner Ledge Range Rear
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1909
Disposition:
Relocated in 1909
Year Tower Established:
1880
Tower Construction Material:
Steel
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
103 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
99 feet
Tower Shape:
Pyramidal
Tower Daymark:
Black
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1880

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Range Lens
Year Original Lens Installed:
1880
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

Photo comment from the National Archives: "Schooner Ledge Range Rear Light Station, Pennsylvania. Before moved, relighted in new position May 28, 1909. Tower & dwelling."

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018