Year first lit 1903 Construction boiler plate ARLHS number USA-1310 Opened 1903 Added to NRHP 4 August 1983 | Foundation Concrete base on pier Tower shape Bottle Height 8.8 m Automated 1960 | |
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Location Buffalo Harbor, Dunkirk, New York Similar Buffalo North Breakwat, Point Aux Roches Light, Stony Point (Henderson) Light, Cape Vincent Light, Stuyvesant Light | ||
South Buffalo North Side Light is a lighthouse formerly located at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo, New York. It is one of two "bottle shaped" beacons located in Buffalo Harbor; the other is the Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light. It is a 29-foot (8.8 m) high beacon constructed of boiler plate. It measures 10 feet 3⁄4 inch (3.067 m) at the bottom and 2 feet 3 inches (0.69 m) at the top. It is distinguished by four cast iron port windows and a curved iron door. It was first lit on September 1, 1903, and originally equipped with a 6th-order Fresnel lens. A battery operated 12 volt lamp with a 12-inch (300 mm) green plastic lens was installed in the beacon c. 1960, when a domed roof formerly mounted over the lens was removed. The beacon was removed in 1985, and now stands at the gate to the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum. Its twin is located on the grounds of the Buffalo (main) Light.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.