![]() Lorain Light | |
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Location | Lorain, Ohio, United States |
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Coordinates | 41°28′39.28″N82°11′25.90″W / 41.4775778°N 82.1905278°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1917 |
Foundation | Concrete Pier [1] |
Construction | Concrete with steel reinforcing [1] |
Height | 51 feet (16 m) [1] |
Shape | Square |
Markings | White with red trim |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place ![]() |
Fog signal | Horn [1] |
Light | |
First lit | 2001 ![]() |
Deactivated | 1965 |
Focal height | 17.5 m (57 ft) ![]() |
Lens | Fourth order Fresnel [1] |
Range | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) ![]() |
Characteristic | Fl R 4s ![]() |
Lorain Lighthouse | |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1909 |
NRHP reference No. | 78002108 [2] |
Added to NRHP | 29 December 1978 |
The Lorain West Breakwater Light, also called the Lorain Harbor Light, is a lighthouse in Lorain, Ohio, United States. The light was built in 1917 on Lake Erie by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was taken out of service in 1965 when it was replaced by an automated light tower on a nearby breakwater. [3] The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2]
The 1917 lighthouse was the fourth lighthouse built to service the City of Lorain's Black River port. After the automated light tower was installed in 1965, the 1917 light was decommissioned and marked for demolition. The demolition had to be rescheduled for the following year after the project was delayed by a storm. During that time, the Lorain community was able to mobilize to save the lighthouse as a historical landmark for the City of Lorain. [4]
The original lens was a fourth order, Fresnel that was installed in 1918. [5] When the lighthouse was decommissioned, the Fresnel lens was relocated for use in a New York lighthouse. In 2021 the original Lorain Fresnel lens was returned to Lorain and is on display inside the Lorain Port Authority. [6]
The Lorain Lighthouse has been managed by the Lorain Lighthouse Foundation (formerly Port of Lorain Foundation) since 1990. [7] The lighthouse has won "best lighthouse" by Lake Erie Living Magazine in 2013–2024. [8]
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