Construction Wood Markings / pattern White Range 22,224 m Automated 2003 | Foundation Breakwater Tower shape Square pyramidal Opened 1857 Focal height 11 m Year first constructed 1857 | |
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Year first lit 2003 (current tower, which is a replica of 1890 tower) Similar Lake Champlain, Rock of Ages Corporation, Fisk Quarry Preserve, Birds of Vermont Museum, Robert Hull Fleming Museum | ||
The Burlington Breakwater Lights were originally established in 1857 to mark the ends of a low, detached, two piece breakwater 2⁄3-nautical-mile (1.2 km; 0.77 mi) long which protects the Burlington, Vermont harbor from Lake Champlain. The breakwater is on the National Register of Historic Places, but the lights, being replicas, are not. The two lights were replaced and rebuilt several times as fire and ice took their toll. In the middle of the 20th century, the wood towers were replaced by steel skeleton towers. The City of Burlington arranged for Federal funding for replicas of the original towers which were activated on September 12, 2003.
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