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.[3] The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]

Lorain West Breakwater Light

Lorain Light
Location	Lorain, Ohio, United States
Coordinates	41°28′39.28″N 82°11′25.90″W
Tower
Constructed	1917
Foundation	Concrete Pier[1]
Construction	Concrete with steel reinforcing[1]
Height	51 feet (16 m)[1]
Shape	Square
Markings	White with red trim
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Fog signal	Horn[1]
Light
First lit	2001
Deactivated	1965
Focal height	17.5 m (57 ft)
Lens	Fourth order Fresnel[1]
Range	6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)
Characteristic	Fl R 4s
Lorain Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909 (1909)
NRHP reference No.	78002108[2]
Added to NRHP	29 December 1978

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.
• 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

Media related to Lorain lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Ohio". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Ohio". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017.

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