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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
This lighthouse replaced the 1871 Fairport Harbor Light.
Tower Height: 42
Height of Focal Plane: 56
Description of Tower: White, square concrete and steel tower attached to keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral concrete two-story keeper's house.
Date Established: 1925
Date Present Tower Built: 1925
Date Automated: ?
Optics: 1925: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 300 mm, solar powered.
Fog Signal: Originally air diaphone horn.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? no
Directions:
Take Ohio Route 2 to Fairport Road. You can see the lighthouse from a marina at the end of Fairport Road.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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