Braddock Point Light was a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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just west of
Braddock Bay at
Bogus Point
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on
Lake Ontario
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in
New York
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History
The lighthouse was established and lit in 1896 and was deactivated in 1954. The lighthouse was constructed out of red brick, with an octagonal tower. The lantern portion of the tower was removed from an 1870s lighthouse in
Cleveland, Ohio
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and moved to Braddock in 1895. The original lens, installed in 1896, was a third-and-half-order
Fresnel lens
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. The upper two-thirds of the tower was removed by the
Coast Guard
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in 1954 due to structural damage.
The Coast Guard reactivated the light on February 28, 1999.
The lighthouse is now privately owned and has opened as a
bed and breakfast
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. The lighthouse was put up for sale in November 2014 by owners Donald and Nandy Town.
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) .
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* 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)
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