Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light Explained
| Location: | Stony Pt. end of Buffalo Harbor S breakwater, Buffalo, New York |
| Coordinates: | 42.8333°N -78.8675°W |
| Yearbuilt: | 1903 |
| Yearlit: | 1903 |
| Automated: | 1935 |
| Foundation: | Timber crib / concrete pier |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Shape: | Conical |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light | | Architect: | US Lighthouse Service | | Added: | November 16, 2007 | | Refnum: | 07001191 |
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Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, also known as the South Buffalo Southside Light or Buffalo South Breakwater, South Entrance Light Station, is a lighthouse at Stony Point at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York. It was established in 1903 and deactivated in 1993. It was replaced by a nearby modern post light. The lighthouse property consists of a three-story cast iron 43.5feet decommissioned light tower topped with a lantern; one-story concrete fog signal building and an L-shaped concrete pier.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Further reading
- Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
- 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)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-07-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light . 2016-07-01 . Daniel Koski-Karrell . PDF . April 2007 . and Accompanying nine photographs
