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Revision as of 05:16, 12 January 2010
![]() Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light, October 2008 | |
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Location | Buffalo, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°52′48″N 78°53′46″W / 42.88°N 78.896°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1903 ![]() |
Foundation | Concrete base on pier |
Construction | boiler plate |
Automated | 1960 |
Height | 29 ft |
Shape | Bottle |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place ![]() |
Light | |
First lit | 1903 |
Deactivated | 1985 ![]() |
Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light is a lighthouse formerly located at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York. It is one of two "bottle shaped" beacons located in Buffalo Harbor; the other is the South Buffalo North Side Light. It is a 29 foot high beacon constructed of boiler plate. It measures 10 foot, 3/4 inches at the bottom and 2 foot, 3 inches at the top. It is distinguished by four cast iron port windows and a curved iron door. It was first lit on September 1, 1903, and originally equipped with a 6th-order Fresnel lens.[3] A battery operated 12 volt lamp with a 300mm green plastic lens was installed in the beacon circa 1960, when a domed roof formerly mounted over the lens was removed. The beacon was removed in 1985, and now stands on the grounds of the Buffalo (main) Light. Its twin is located at the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[2]
References
- ^ Buffalo North Breakwater (South Pier Promenade Museum) (Lake Erie) Light, ARLHS USA-1302
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ Carol Poh Miller (May 1979). "HAER Inventory: Great Lakes Lighthouse Survey (North Breakwater South End Light)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
External links
- Coast Guard Lighthouses, U.S. Coast Guard website
- Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Significant Unmanned Aids: BUFFALO NORTH BREAKWATER SOUTH END "BOTTLE" LIGHT
- Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
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.
- United States Coast Guard. Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography.
- 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 1550463993