SELKIRK (SALMON RIVER)

Year Established:
1838
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1854
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
SALMON RIVER ENTRANCE/LAKE ONTARIO
Latitude:
43° 34.24'
Longitude:
76° 12.06'
City / Town:
PULASKI
U.S. State:
New York
Location County:
OSWEGO
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. SELKIRK (SALMON RIVER)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1859
Year Tower Established:
1838
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD TOWER ON FIELDSTONE HOUSE
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
49
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
46
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1838
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
FIELDSTONE
Other Structures:
CRIBWORK BREAKWATER

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
190 MM
Original Optic Type:
8 LAMPS 14" REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed:
1838
Private Aid:
Yes
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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