Olcott Light
Lighthouse
43°20′20″N 78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.71500°W / 43.33889; -78.71500Olcott Light was built on a pier in Olcott, New York at Eighteen Mile Creek, named for being eighteen miles from the Niagara River at Lake Ontario.[2] The light was no longer needed in the 1930s, and was moved to a local yacht club, where it resided until the early 1960s when it was destroyed. In the summer of 2003, a replica was built from old photographs.
Notes
References
"Olcott Light Rebuilt," Bill Edwards, Lighthouse Digest, April, 2004.
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
External links
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Lighthouse Friends
- US-Lighthouses.com
- Rudy and Alice's Lighthouse page
- Lighthouse Depot Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
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Lighthouses of Lake Ontario
- Braddock Point Light
- Charlotte–Genesee Light
- East Charity Shoal Light
- Fort Niagara Light
- Galloo Island Light
- Horse Island Light
- Oak Orchard Light
- Olcott Light
- Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light
- Rochester Harbor Light
- Selkirk Light
- Sodus Outer Light
- Sodus Point Light
- Stony Point (Henderson) Light
- Thirty Mile Point Light
- Tibbetts Point Light
- Burlington Canal Main Light
- Burlington Canal Pier Light
- Cobourg East Pierhead Light
- False Duck Island Light
- Gibraltar Point Light
- Niagara River (Front & Rear Range) Light
- Oakville Light
- Point Petre Light
- Port Dalhousie (Front & Rear Range) Light
- Port Weller Light
- Presquile Point Light
- Prince Edward Point Light
- Queen's Wharf Light
- Salmon Point Light
- Toronto Harbour Light
- Mimico Cruising Club Lighthouses
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