Olcott Light
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| Location | Olcott, New York, Lake Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 43°20′20″N 78°42′54″W / 43.3389°N 78.715°W |
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| Constructed | 1873[1] |
| Height | 27 feet (8.2 m) |
| Shape | Square, pyramidal |
| Markings | White with Black Lantern |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 1932 |
Olcott Light was built on a pier in Olcott, New York at Eighteen Mile Creek, named for being eighteen miles from the Niagara River at Lake Ontario. The light was no longer needed in the 1930s, and was moved to a local yacht club, where it resided until the early 1960s when it was destroyed. In the summer of 2003, a replica was built from old photographs.
Notes
- ^ Francis Ross Holland, Jr. (28 September 2012). America's Lighthouses. Courier Corporation. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-486-13927-2.
- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
References
"Olcott Light Rebuilt," Bill Edwards, Lighthouse Digest, April, 2004.
Further reading
- Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
- Price, Scott T. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3
External links
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Lighthouse Friends
- US-Lighthouses.com
- Rudy and Alice's Lighthouse page
- Lighthouse Depot
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