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Fort Niagara Light is an inactive lighthouse on the Niagara River on the south shore of Lake Ontario in New York state.[1][2] It is located on the grounds of Fort Niagara.

Fort Niagara Light

Old Fort Niagara Lighthouse
Location	Old Fort Niagara on Lake Ontario
Coordinates	43°15′42″N 79°3′48″W
Tower
Constructed	1872
Foundation	Natural/emplaced
Construction	Limestone, brick lining
Height	61 feet (19 m)
Shape	Frustum of an octagon
Markings	Natural with black lantern
Light
First lit	1872
Deactivated	1993
Focal height	91 feet (28 m)
Lens	Fourth-order fresnel lens
Range	10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
Characteristic	(Oc W 4s)

History

The lighthouse was established in 1782 atop the "French Castle", a structure still located within Old Fort Niagara. The current tower was first lit in 1872, having been removed from the French Castle to allow for more room for officer's quarters. The light was deactivated in 1996, having been replaced by a light beacon at the US Coast Guard Station Niagara.

The foundation was natural/emplaced and the lighthouse was constructed out of limestone with a brick lining. The tower is octagonal in shape with a black lantern. The original lens was a fourth order Fresnel lens installed in 1859

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84002809 Name of Listing: FORT NIAGARA LIGHT (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)

Part of Old Fort Niagara National Historic Landmark; First two towers constructed on the fort; Third (current) tower constructed south of fort; Tower replaced by modern beacon in order to save trees obstructing lantern in 1993.

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 Fort Niagara Light [3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

See also

• Fort Niagara

References

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) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
• Price, Scott T. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• 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) ISBN 1-55046-399-3

External links

• Fort Niagara Lighthouse at American Byways

На других языках

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- [en] Fort Niagara Light

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[ru] Маяк Форт-Ниагара

Маяк Форт-Ниагара (англ. Fort Niagara Light) — маяк, расположенный в устье реки Ниагара на правом берегу в черте города Янгстаун  (англ.) (рус., округ Ниагара, штат Нью-Йорк, США. Построен в 1872 году. Деактивирован в 1993 году.

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