Crossover Island Light

Lighthouse

44°29′49″N 75°46′42″W / 44.49694°N 75.77833°W / 44.49694; -75.77833TowerConstructed1848

FoundationStone MoleheadConstructionCast iron
brick & wood liningShapeConicalMarkingsWhite tower with Red LanternHeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place

LightFirst lit1882Deactivated1941LensSixth Order Fresnel lens

Crossover Island Light Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest citySt. Lawrence, New YorkArea1.5 acres (0.61 ha)MPSU.S. U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TRNRHP reference No.07001037^[1]Added to NRHPOctober 3, 2007

Crossover Island Light is a lighthouse on the Saint Lawrence River in New York state near the Canada–United States border.^[2]^[3]

The lighthouse was established in 1848 and the last tower was first lit in 1882. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1941. The foundation is stone molehead and the lighthouse is made out of cast iron with brick and wood lining. The tower is a white conical tower with a red lantern. The original lens was a sixth-order Fresnel lens.^[4]

The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Crossover Island Light Station in 2007.

Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-08. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ ARLHS World List of Lights
^ Nancy L. Todd (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Crossover Island Light Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

References

Hill, Ralph E. "Lighthouse Memories: Life on Crossover Island." The Keeper's Log (Summer 1991), pp. 18–22

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.
Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3

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