Location Lake Ontario Automated 1959 Foundation Limestone Block Height 19 m Focal height 22 m Material Limestone | Year first lit 1876 Deactivated 1959-1998 Tower shape Square Opened 1876 Construction Limestone Year first constructed 1876 | |
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Similar Golden Hill State Park, Lake Ontario, Braddock Point Light, Sodus Outer Light, East Charity Shoal Light | ||
New york thirty mile point lighthouse
Thirty Mile Point Light is a lighthouse on the south shore of Lake Ontario in Niagara County, New York. It is part of Golden Hill State Park, a New York state park. The lighthouse is open to the public. It gets its name because it is the point 30 miles east of the Niagara River. The lighthouse was built in 1875 of hand-carved stone. The old tower is being restored.
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- New york thirty mile point lighthouse
- Map of Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse Barker NY 14012 USA
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Map of Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse, Barker, NY 14012, USA
The lighthouse is listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey as NY-6154. There are three photos available in the survey.
Thirty Mile Point Light was one of five lighthouses chosen for the "Lighthouses of the Great Lakes" postage stamp series designed by Howard Koslow in 1995. There was one lighthouse chosen on each of the Great Lakes. The four other lighthouses were Split Rock Light on Lake Superior, St Joseph Light on Lake Michigan, Spectacle Reef Light on Lake Huron, and Marblehead Light on Lake Erie.