Lorain West Breakwater Light Explained
| Lorain West Breakwater Light |
| Location: | Lorain, Ohio, United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.4776°N -82.1905°W |
| Yearbuilt: | 1917 |
| Yeardeactivated: | 1965 |
| Foundation: | Concrete Pier[1] |
| Construction: | Concrete with steel reinforcing |
| Marking: | White with red trim |
| Shape: | Square |
| Lens: | Fourth order Fresnel |
| Fogsignal: | Horn |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Lorain Lighthouse | | Added: | 29 December 1978 | | Area: | less than one acre | | Refnum: | 78002108 |
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The Lorain West Breakwater Light, also called the Lorain Harbor Light, is a lighthouse in Lorain, Ohio, United States. The light was built in 1917 on Lake Erie by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was taken out of service in 1965 when it was replaced by an automated lighttower on a nearby breakwater.[2] The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Lorain Light . . 2002-03-07 . 2008-07-05 .
- Web site: Lorain's Historic Lighthouse . Lorain Port Authority . 2008-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626101029/http://lorainportauthority.com/lighthouse/ . 26 June 2008 . dead .
