Sodus Outer Light

Sodus Outer Light
Wood Tower

Location	Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario, New York
Coordinates	43°16′38.3″N 76°58′26.4″W / 43.277306°N 76.974000°W / 43.277306; -76.974000Coordinates: 43°16′38.3″N 76°58′26.4″W / 43.277306°N 76.974000°W / 43.277306; -76.974000
Year first constructed	1858
Year first lit	1938 (current tower)
Automated	Yes
Construction	Cast iron
Tower shape	Square pyramidal towner
Markings / pattern	Brown below, White above
Height	49 feet (15 m)
Focal height	51 feet (16 m)
Original lens	Fourth Order Fresnel lens
Range	10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
Characteristic	Isophase White, 6s
Fog signal	none
ARLHS number	USA-765
USCG number	7-2170 ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

The current (1938) tower

Sodus Outer Light is a lighthouse at the end of the western of the two piers defining the channel from Lake Ontario into Sodus Bay, New York. The light was first established in 1858. In 1938, the wood tower was replaced with the current cast iron structure.

References

↑ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 25.
↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
↑ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-09). "Lighthouses of the United States: Upstate New York". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lighthouses of Lake Ontario

New York, U.S.	Braddock Point Light Charlotte–Genesee Light East Charity Shoal Light Fort Niagara Light Galloo Island Light Horse Island Light Oak Orchard Light Olcott Light Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light Rochester Harbor Light Selkirk Light Sodus Outer Light Sodus Point Light Stony Point (Henderson) Light Thirty Mile Point Light Tibbetts Point Light

Ontario, Canada	Burlington Canal Main Light Burlington Canal Pier Light Cobourg East Pierhead Light False Duck Island Light Gibraltar Point Light Niagara River (Front & Rear Range) Light Oakville Light Point Petre Light Port Dalhousie (Front & Rear Range) Light Port Weller Light Presquile Point Light Prince Edward Point Light Queen's Wharf Light Salmon Point Light Toronto Harbour Light Mimico Cruising Club Lighthouses

Lighthouses of New York

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