Type:
Year Established:
1830
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1999
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
LOCATION
Location:
EAST SIDE OF NORTHERN LAKE CHAMPLAIN
Latitude:
44° 59'
Longitude:
73° 20.5'
City / Town:
ALBURG
U.S. State:
Vermont
Location County:
GRAND ISLE
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
PRIVATE OWNER
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1931-2002
Year Tower Established:
1858
Tower Construction Material:
BLUE LIMESTONE
Tower Foundation:
SURFACE ROCK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
52
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
40
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1858
Keeper's Quarters Style:
ATTACHED BY PASSAGEWAY
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
GRANITE
OPTICS
Current Optic:
300 MM
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1858
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
In 1931, the light was removed from the lighthouse and was relocated to a nearly steel skeleton tower. The light was returned to the lighthouse on August 7, 2002.
Information from New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide website (author Jeremy D'Entremont), www.newenglandlighthouses.net