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Location | Olcott, New York, Lake Ontario |
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Coordinates | 43°20′20″N78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.71500°W Coordinates: 43°20′20″N78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.71500°W |
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Constructed | 1873 [1] |
Height | 27 feet (8.2 m) |
Shape | Square, pyramidal |
Markings | White with Black Lantern |
Light | |
Deactivated | 1932 |
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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"Olcott Light Rebuilt," Bill Edwards, Lighthouse Digest, April, 2004.