Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Significant Unmanned Aids--Erie Harbor North Pierhead Light

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Significant Unmanned Aids

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ERIE HARBOR NORTH PIERHEAD LIGHT

State: PENNSYLVANIA
Location: ERIE HARBOR
Nearest City: ERIE
County: ERIE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1940

1997 Photo courtesy Matt Marcinek

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1858
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1940
Foundation Materials: PIER
Construction Materials: WROUGHT IRON ENCASED IN STEEL
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK HORIZONTAL BAND
Shape: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 34
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic: SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1995
Height of Focal Plane: 42
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS REMOVED 1995 & TRANSFERRED TO ERIE MARITIME MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? YES, 1882 & 1940

Previous Tower(s):

Construction Date: 1830
Description: WOODEN PIERHEAD BEACON
Fate/Disposition: SWEPT AWAY BY SAILING VESSEL IN 1857

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN (REMOVED)/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
MOVED 190 FEET IN 1882 AND 509 FEET IN 1940; KEEPERS RESIDENCE LOCATED ON GROUNDS OF LIFESAVING STATION

Last Modified: Fri, Dec 6 2002 12:00:02 pm EDT
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