Silver Creek

Year Established:
1838
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1854
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1852
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Photo Courtesy of:
National Archives

LOCATION

Location:
HANFORD BAY / LAKE ERIE
Latitude:
42° 32.39'
Longitude:
79° 10.2'
City / Town:
SILVER CREEK
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1856
Disposition:
Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1838
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
78
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
43
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1838

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Nine glass-globe lamps
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Original 9 oil lamps replaced with reflectors in 1841. Moved from Pierhead to bluff in 1852


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