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Point Aux Roches Light

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Year first lit
  
1858

Foundation
  
Limestone Blocks

Tower shape
  
Octagonal

Current lens length
  
25 cm

Deactivated
  
1989

Construction
  
Blue limestone block

Opened
  
1858

Focal height
  
18 m

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Location
  
Lake Champlain, North of Plattsburgh, New York

Similar
  
Stony Point (Henderson) Light, South Buffalo North Sid, Buffalo North Breakwat, Stuyvesant Light, Cape Vincent Light

Point Aux Roches Light, sometimes referred to as Pointe Au Roches or Point Au Roches, is a lighthouse on Lake Champlain in New York. It is just north of Point Au Roches State Park.

The Coast Guard sold the property in the 1930s. It is a private residence now.

References

Point Aux Roches Light Wikipedia