Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Significant Unmanned Aids--Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light

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BUFFALO NORTH BREAKWATER SOUTH END "BOTTLE" LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: RELOCATED FROM NORTH HARBOR ENTRANCE
Nearest City: BUFFALO
County: ERIE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1903

Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light

Photo courtesy of Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse & Veterans Park Museum

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1903
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1985
Automated: 1960
Foundation Materials: STONE FILLED CRIB
Construction Materials: BOILER PLATE/CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: BOTTLE
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 29
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1903
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1960
Height of Focal Plane:
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? YES, 1985

Previous Tower(s): NO

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1985
Type: POLE LIGHT

Existing Sound Signal Building? N/A

Existing Keepers Quarters? N/A

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: DISPLAY

Owner/Manager: BUFFALO LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION, INC.

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #83001669
Name of Listing: BUFFALO NORTH BREAKWATER SOUTH END LIGHT (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous: MAINTAINED BY KEEPERS FROM THE BUFFALO MAIN LIGHT; RESTORED TO ITS 1903 CONFIGURATION WITH A RECONSTRUCTED VENTILATOR DOME; ITS TWIN WAS TAKEN TO THE GROUNDS OF THE DUNKIRK LIGHTHOUSE.

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