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Ogdensburg Harbor Light

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Year first lit
  
1900

Construction
  
Limestone

Height
  
20 m

Material
  
Limestone

Year first constructed
  
1834

Deactivated
  
Yes

Tower shape
  
Square

Opened
  
1834

Added to NRHP
  
26 April 2016

Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Location
  
Lighthouse Point, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York

Markings / pattern
  
White & Grey w/ Red Lantern

Similar
  
Point Aux Roches Light, Stony Point (Henderson) Light, South Buffalo North Sid, Sodus Outer Light, Horse Island Light

Ogdensburg Harbor Light is a privately owned lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River, listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program as Lighthouse to visit. and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations. In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

An addition was made to the tower in 1900.

Cultural

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Ogdensburg Harbor Light with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

References

Ogdensburg Harbor Light Wikipedia