Type:
Year Established:
1870
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1901
Download:
Sisters Island NY TAT 2009.jpg (4.78 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
Latitude:
44° 24'51"
Longitude:
75° 50'42"
City / Town:
CHIPPEWA BAY
U.S. State:
New York
Location County:
ST. LAWRENCE
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1950S
Year Tower Established:
1870
Tower Construction Material:
DRESSED LIMESTONE BRICK
Tower Foundation:
LIMESTONE BLOCK ON ROCK REEF
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
47 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
41.5 FT
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1870
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
LIMESTONE BRICK
Other Structures:
SHED
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
6th order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1870
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017