Olcott Light

Olcott Light

Location	Olcott, New York, Lake Ontario
Coordinates	43°20′20″N 78°42′54″W / 43.33889°N 78.715°W / 43.33889; -78.715
Year first constructed	1870s
Deactivated	1932
Tower shape	Square, pyramidal
Markings / pattern	White with Black Lantern
Height	27 ft (8.2 m)
ARLHS number	USA-1050 [1]

Olcott Light was built on a pier in Olcott, New York at Eighteen Mile Creek, named for being eighteen miles from the Niagara River. The light was no longer needed in the 1930s, and was moved to a local yacht club, where it resided until the early 1960s when it was destroyed. In the summer of 2003, a replica was built from old photographs.

References

1. ^ ARLHS World List of Lights

"Olcott Light Rebuilt," Bill Edwards, Lighthouse Digest, April, 2004.

Further reading

• Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
• Scott T. Price. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/History/weblighthouses/h_lhbib.asp. 

• U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993

External links

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHNY.asp. 
• Lighthouse Friends
• Rudy and Alice's Lighthouse page
• Lighthouse Depot