Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light is a lighthouse formerly located at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York, United States. 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 (8.8 m) high beacon constructed of boiler plate. It measures 10 feet 3⁄4 inch (3.067 m) at the bottom and 2 feet 3 inches (0.69 m) 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.[2] A battery operated 12 volt lamp with a 12 inches (300 mm) green plastic lens was installed in the beacon c. 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.
 Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light, October 2008 | |
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| Location | Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′49″N 78°53′45″W / 42.88028°N 78.89583°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1903 |
| Foundation | Concrete base on pier |
| Construction | Boiler plate |
| Automated | 1960 |
| Height | 29 feet (8.8 m) |
| Shape | Bottle |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1903 |
| Deactivated | 1985 |
Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light | |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001669[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 4, 1983 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Carol Poh Miller (May 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: HAER Inventory: Great Lakes Lighthouse Survey" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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
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Media related to Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light at Wikimedia Commons
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light on the World List of Lights
- 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
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