Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Ogdensburg Harbor Light
Lighthouse in 2013
Map
LocationLighthouse Point, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York
Coordinates44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W / 44.69778; -75.50333
Tower
Constructed1834
ConstructionLimestone
Height65 feet (20 m)
ShapeSquare
MarkingsWhite & Grey w/ Red Lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1900
Deactivated1961-2011
Focal height21 m (69 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensFourth-order Fresnel lens (original), unknown (2011)
CharacteristicFl W 10s Edit this on Wikidata
Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse
NRHP reference No.16000202[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 2016

Ogdensburg Harbor Light is a privately owned lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River, listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program as Lighthouse to visit.[2][3] and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.[4] In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

History

An addition was made to the tower in 1900.

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 [6] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

  • 1911 postcard in the Smithsonian's collection
    1911 postcard in the Smithsonian's collection

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
  3. ^ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations
  4. ^ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations
  5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/30/16 through 5/06/15. National Park Service. 2011-05-06.
  6. ^ "Smithsonian lighthouse postcards". Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2009-01-24.

Further reading

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

Media related to Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons


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