Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--East Charity Shoals Light

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EAST CHARITY SHOALS LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: OFF CAPE VINCENT / LAKE ONTARIO
Nearest City: BROWNSVILLE
County: JEFFERSON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1929

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1877
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 16
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1935
Present Optic:
Year Present Lens Installed: 1992
Height of Focal Plane: 52
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? YES, 1929

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials:

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
TOWER ORIGINALLY SERVED VERMILION STATION (1877-1929) REMOVED AFTER DAMAGED IN ICE STORM

Last Modified: Wed, Apr 10 2002 10:08:02 am EDT
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