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Crossover Island Light

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Year first lit
  
1882

Foundation
  
Stone Molehead

Opened
  
1848

Material
  
Cast iron

Year first constructed
  
1848

Deactivated
  
1941

Tower shape
  
Conical

Area
  
6,070 m²

Added to NRHP
  
3 October 2007

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Location
  
Crossover Island in the St. Lawrence River

Construction
  
Cast iron brick & wood lining

Nearest city
  
St. Lawrence County, New York

Similar
  
Sunken Rock Light, East Charity Shoal Light, Sodus Outer Light, Horse Island Light, Point Aux Roches Light

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

Map of Crossover Island, Hammond, NY 13646, USA

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.

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

References

Crossover Island Light Wikipedia