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Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, 2005
LocationStony Pt. end of Buffalo Harbor S breakwater, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°50′0″N 78°52′3″W / 42.83333°N 78.86750°W / 42.83333; -78.86750
Tower
Constructed1903
FoundationTimber crib / concrete pier
ConstructionIron
Automated1935
Height43.5 feet (13.3 m)
ShapeConical
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1903
Deactivated1993 Edit this on Wikidata
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
ArchitectUS Lighthouse Service
MPSU.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses. And Light Stations on the: Great Lakes MPS
NRHP reference No.07001191
Added——to NRHPNovember 16, 2007

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.

It was listed on the "National Register of Historic Places in 2007."

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

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