Summary
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]
 Lighthouse in 2013 | |
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| Location | Lighthouse Point, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1834 |
| Construction | Limestone |
| Height | 65 feet (20 m) |
| Shape | Square |
| Markings | White & Grey w/ Red Lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1900 |
| Deactivated | 1961-2011 |
| Focal height | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens (original), unknown (2011) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s |
Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse | |
| NRHP reference No. | 16000202[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 2016 |
History edit
An addition was made to the tower in 1900.
Cultural edit
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.
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1911 postcard in the Smithsonian's collection
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights
- ^ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations
- ^ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Smithsonian lighthouse postcards". Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
Further reading edit
Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), pp. 145–146
External links edit
Media related to Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
- Lighthouse Friends site
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
- NPS Ogdensburg Light
- Rudy & Alice Archived 2009-04-06 at the Wayback Machine