Olcott Light

Olcott Light
Olcott Light
Olcott beach lighthouse 2.jpg
Location Olcott, New York, Lake Ontario
Coordinates 43°20′20″N 78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.715°W / 43.33889; -78.715
Year first constructed 1870s
Deactivated 1932
Tower shape Square, pyramidal
Markings / pattern White with Black Lantern
Height 27 ft (8.2 m)
ARLHS number USA-1050 [1]

Olcott Light was built on a pier in Olcott, New York at Eighteen Mile Creek, named for being eighteen miles from the Niagara River. 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.

References

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

Further reading

  • 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 1550463993

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