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Fort Niagara
State: NY(GL)
Year established: 1781
Latitude: 43 deg 15
min 42 sec N
Longitude: 79 deg 3
min 49 sec W
Height above sea level: 91 feet Original construction:
tower on the roof of Ft. Niagara Rebuilds:
 1823: new wooden tower on fort
1872: 50-foot octagonal limestone tower, with black cast iron lantern.
1900: raised about 11 ft
Status:
obscured by trees, light deactivated in 1993, and replaced by beacon to avoid removal of trees
Notes:
leased to Old Fort Niagara Association
More information:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/fortniag.htm
http://www.lighthouseclothing.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=375
Roberts, Bruce and Jones, Ray, Great Lakes Lighthouses Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, (Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1994) pp. 30-31
Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), p. 145
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