Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Erie North ...

05/19/05 3:24 PM

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Name: Erie North Pierhead Light

Also known as: Presque Isle North Pier Light

Nearest Town or City:
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Location: Erie Harbor, Lake Erie.

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Photo: Jacqueline Styles
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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard

Notes:
This unusual lighthouse has been moved twice, the last time in 1940. The keeper's house is located inside the Coast Guard station nearby.

Tower Height: 34

Height of Focal Plane: 42

Characteristic and Range: Red flash every 2.5 seconds.

Description of Tower: Square iron tower, white with central black band.

This light is operational

Other Buildings?
Keeper's house on Coast Guard station.

Earlier Towers?
1830: Wooden tower, destroyed 1857.

Date Established: 1830

Date Present Tower Built: 1858

Tower Moved?
1882, 1940

Date Automated: 1940

Optics: 1858: Fourth order Fresnel lens (now on display at Erie Maritime Museum); now modern solar powered optic.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.

Directions:
Follow Peninsula Drive into the Presque Isle State Park. Follow the park's loop road, then turn east on Coast Guard Road. Follow the road to the pier and lighthouse.