Oak Orchard Light

Summary

Oak Orchard Light was a lighthouse that operated on the shores of Lake Ontario, in New York, United States, at Point Breeze from 1871 to 1916.[1] In 2010 a local community group built a historically accurate replica of the lighthouse near the original site on the east side of Oak Orchard Creek. Originally it had been built at the end of a long wooden pier on the west side.[2]

Oak Orchard Light
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LocationOn Lake Ontario, at Point Breeze in New York
Coordinates43°22′16″N 78°11′35″W / 43.37111°N 78.19306°W / 43.37111; -78.19306
Tower
Constructed1871
Height10.5 m (34 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1871
Deactivated1916
Focal height11 m (36 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicF W Edit this on Wikidata

References edit

  1. ^ "Oak Orchard Light ARLHS USA-559". ARLHS World List of Lights. The Weidner Publishing Group. 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  2. ^ "The Oak Orchard Lighthouse is Built!". Oak Orchard Lighthouse. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

  • Oak Orchard Lighthouse Museum
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  • US-Lighthouses.com