Turtle Island (ruins)

Year Established:
1831
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1901
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2014
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Maumee Bay Entrance/lake Erie
Latitude:
41° 45'09"
Longitude:
83° 23'29"
City / Town:
Toledo
U.S. State:
Ohio
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Turtle Island (ruins)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1904
Disposition:
Replaced by Toledo Harbor Light and Sold in 1904; Old Tower Badly Deteriorated
Year Tower Established:
1831
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
50 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
44.75 FT
Tower Shape:
SQUARE W/O LANTERN
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1831
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
YELLOW BRICK
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
EIGHT REFLECTORS AND LAMPS
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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