Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light Explained

Location:Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates:42.8803°N -78.8958°W
Yearbuilt:1903
Yearlit:1903
Automated:1960
Foundation:Concrete base on pier
Construction:Boiler plate
Shape:Bottle
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Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light
Added:August 4, 1983
Refnum:83001669
Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light

Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light is a lighthouse formerly located at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York, United States. It is one of two "bottle shaped" beacons located in Buffalo Harbor; the other is the South Buffalo North Side Light. It is a 29feet high beacon constructed of boiler plate. It measures 10inchesftNaNinchesin (ftin) at the bottom and 2inchesft3inchesin (ftin) at the top. It is distinguished by four cast iron port windows and a curved iron door. It was first lit on September 1, 1903, and originally equipped with a 6th-order Fresnel lens.[1] A battery operated 12 volt lamp with a 300mm green plastic lens was installed in the beacon c. 1960, when a domed roof formerly mounted over the lens was removed. The beacon was removed in 1985, and now stands on the grounds of the Buffalo (main) Light. Its twin is located at the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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  1. 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: HAER Inventory: Great Lakes Lighthouse Survey . 2016-07-01 . Carol Poh Miller . PDF . May 1979 .