Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Ogdensburg Harbor Light
Ogdensburg Light
Location Lighthouse Poin, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York
Coordinates 44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W / 44.69778; -75.50333
Year first constructed 1834
Year first lit 1900
Deactivated Yes
Construction Limestone
Tower shape Square
Markings / pattern White & Grey w/ Red Lantern
Height 65 ft (20 m)
ARLHS number USA-562 [1]

Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Current Use: PRIVATELY OWNED

Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER

Open to the Public? NO

Miscellaneous: ADDITION TO TOWER 1900

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History

Ogdensburg Harbor Light is listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program as Lighthouse to visit [2] and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.[3]

Cultural

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Ogdensburg Harbor Light [4] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

References

External links

Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), pp. 145–146

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