Ogdensburg Harbor Light

Ogdensburg Light
Lighthouse in 1992

Location	Lighthouse Point, St.Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, New York
Coordinates	44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W / 44.69778; -75.50333Coordinates: 44°41′52″N 75°30′12″W / 44.69778°N 75.50333°W / 44.69778; -75.50333
Year first constructed	1834
Year first lit	1900
Deactivated	Yes
Construction	Limestone
Tower shape	Square
Markings / pattern	White & Grey w/ Red Lantern
Height	65 feet (20 m)
ARLHS number	USA-562 ^[1]

Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP Reference #	16000202^[2]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 2016

Ogdensburg Harbor Light is a privately owned lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River, listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program as Lighthouse to visit. ^[3] and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.^[4] In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]

History

An addition was made to the tower in 1900.

Cultural

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Ogdensburg Harbor Light ^[6] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

1911 postcard in tne Smithsonian's collection

References

↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations
↑ National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/30/16 through 5/06/15. National Park Service. 2011-05-06.
↑ Smithsonian lighthouse postcards

External links

Lighthouse Friends site
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
National Park Service Historic Lighthouses
NPS Ogdensburg Light
Rudy & Alice

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Ogdensburg Harbor Light

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