Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Ogdensburg Light
Lighthouse in 2013
Location Lighthouse Point, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York
Coordinates 44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W / 44.69778; -75.50333Coordinates: 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 1961-2011
Construction Limestone
Tower shape Square
Markings / pattern White & Grey w/ Red Lantern
Height 65 feet (20 m)
Original lens Fourth-order Fresnel lens
Current lens Unknown
(Relit in 2011)
ARLHS number

USA-562 [1]

Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse
NRHP reference # 16000202[2]
Added to NRHP April 26, 2016
Heritage place listed on the National Register of Historic Places Edit this on Wikidata

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. [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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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

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

  • Lighthouse Friends site
  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
  • NPS Ogdensburg Light
  • Rudy & Alice
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