The Tibbetts Point Lighthouse is located in Cape Vincent,

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. The land upon which the

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stands is a part of a grant of land to Captain John Tibbetts of

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, New York. The lighthouse is a circular tower that stands above the water The lighthouse was constructed in 1854. Its

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is still used. Only 70 such lenses are still operational in the United States, 16 being on the

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, of which two are in New York.United States Coast Guard, Fresnel Lenses Still in Operation.
Tibbetts Point Light is on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail. It is listed on the

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The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir

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s of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Tibbetts Point Light with links to customized

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s provided by the

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Notes

References

DeWire, Elinor, "Tibbets Point Lighthouse." Mariners Weather Log (Fall 1991), pp. 30–31.

External links

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Tibbetts Point information from the National Park Services Maritime Heritage Program

Lighthouses of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail

Lighthouse Friends site
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USCG list of Fresnel lenses still in operation
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