Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Ogdensburg Harbor Light is a privately owned lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River, listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program as Lighthouse to visit.[2][3] and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.[4] In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

Ogdensburg Harbor Light
Lighthouse in 2013
LocationLighthouse Point, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York
Coordinates44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W
Tower
Constructed1834
ConstructionLimestone
Height65 feet (20 m)
ShapeSquare
MarkingsWhite & Grey w/ Red Lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1900
Deactivated1961-2011
Focal height21 m (69 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensFourth-order Fresnel lens (original), unknown (2011)
CharacteristicFl W 10s Edit this on Wikidata
Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse
NRHP reference No.16000202[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 2016

History

An addition was made to the tower in 1900.

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 Ogdensburg Harbor Light [6] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

  • 1911 postcard in the Smithsonian's collection
    1911 postcard in the Smithsonian's collection

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ARLHS World List of Lights
  3. National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations
  4. National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations
  5. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/30/16 through 5/06/15. National Park Service. 2011-05-06.
  6. "Smithsonian lighthouse postcards". Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2009-01-24.

Further reading

Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), pp. 145–146

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