Lorain West Breakwater Light

Lorain West Breakwater Light

Lorain Light
Location	Lorain, Ohio, United States
Coordinates	41°28′39.28″N 82°11′25.90″W / 41.4775778°N 82.1905278°W / 41.4775778; -82.1905278Coordinates: 41°28′39.28″N 82°11′25.90″W / 41.4775778°N 82.1905278°W / 41.4775778; -82.1905278
Year first constructed	1917
Deactivated	1965
Foundation	Concrete Pier[1]
Construction	Concrete with steel reinforcing[1]
Tower shape	Square
Markings / pattern	White with red trim
Height	51 feet (16 m)[1]
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel[1]
Fog signal	Horn[1]
ARLHS number	USA-453

The Lorain West Breakwater Light, also called the Lorain Harbor Light, is a lighthouse in Lorain, Ohio. The light was built in 1917 on Lake Erie by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was taken out of service in 1965 when it was replaced by an automated lighttower on a nearby breakwater.^[2] The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 29 December 1978.

References

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.
• 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 1-55046-399-3

External links

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• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Ohio". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Ohio". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 

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