File:Erie land lighthouse pre 1914.jpg
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English: Pre-1914 postcard of the Erie Land lighthouse
Smithsonian metadata: Erie Land State: PA Year established: 1818 Latitude: 42 deg 8 min 38 sec N Longitude: 80 deg 3 min 49 sec W Height above sea level: 49 feet Original construction: 20-foot square stone tower Rebuilds: 1858: round 56-foot brick tower 1867: current conical stone tower built 1897: The tower was raised 17 feet Status: inactive from 1881 - 1885; deactivated in 1899; attraction in Land Lighthouse Park undergoing restoration in 2004 Notes: Originally known as the "Presque Isle Light Station", the name was changed to "Erie Light Station" in 1870. More information: http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/erieland.htm http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1940 http://www.rudyalicelighthouse.net/ErieLts/ErieLand/ErieLand.htm Holland, Jr. F.Ross, America's Lighthouses Their Illustrated History Since 1716 , (Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1972) p. 176Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), p. 144 |
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| Source | http://amhistory.si.edu/lighthouses/object.cfm?id=27 at the Smithsonian |
| Author | Spangenthal's Wholesale, Erie, Pennsylvania |
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