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Olcott Light

Coordinates: 43°20′20″N 78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.71500°W / 43.33889; -78.71500
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Olcott Light
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LocationOlcott, New York, Lake Ontario
Coordinates43°20′20″N 78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.71500°W / 43.33889; -78.71500
Tower
Constructed1873[1]
Height27 feet (8.2 m)
ShapeSquare, pyramidal
MarkingsWhite with Black Lantern
Light
Deactivated1932

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.[2] 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

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  1. ^ Francis Ross Holland, Jr. (28 September 2012). America's Lighthouses. Courier Corporation. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-486-13927-2.
  2. ^ ARLHS World List of Lights

References

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"Olcott Light Rebuilt," Bill Edwards, Lighthouse Digest, April, 2004.

Further reading

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  • 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
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