Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
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 43.5-foot (13.3 m) decommissioned light tower topped with a lantern; one-story concrete fog signal building and an L-shaped concrete pier.[2]
 Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, 2005 | |
| Location | Stony Pt. end of Buffalo Harbor S breakwater, Buffalo, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°50′0″N 78°52′3″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1903 |
| Foundation | Timber crib / concrete pier |
| Construction | Iron |
| Automated | 1935 |
| Height | 43.5 feet (13.3 m) |
| Shape | Conical |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1903 |
| Deactivated | 1993 |
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light | |
| Architect | US Lighthouse Service |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 07001191[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 16, 2007 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Daniel Koski-Karrell (April 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying nine photographs
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
- Notice of Availability, July 23, 2008
- "Vacant South Buffalo Lighthouse is for sale: 105-year-old structure being marketed first to local organizations," By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, August 26, 2008
- Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society website
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Lighthouses of the Great Lakes
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