Olcott Light

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Olcott Light
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Olcott Light
LocationOlcott, New York, Lake Ontario
Coordinates 43°20′20″N78°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.

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Notes

  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

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

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