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Sodus Outer Light

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Year first lit
  
1938 (current tower)

Construction
  
Cast iron

Opened
  
1858

Focal height
  
16 m

Year first constructed
  
1858

Automated
  
Yes

Height
  
15 m

Range
  
18,520 m

Material
  
Cast iron

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Location
  
Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario, New York

Tower shape
  
Square pyramidal towner

Markings / pattern
  
Brown below, White above

Similar
  
Stony Point (Henderson) Light, Horse Island Light, Point Aux Roches Light, East Charity Shoal Light, South Buffalo North Sid

Sodus Outer Light is a lighthouse at the end of the western of the two piers defining the channel from Lake Ontario into Sodus Bay, New York. The light was first established in 1858. In 1938, the wood tower was replaced with the current cast iron structure.

References

Sodus Outer Light Wikipedia