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The Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse is an 1822 stone octagonal [5] lighthouse in the Charlotte neighborhood in northern Rochester, New York, United States. The 40 ft (12 m) tower is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Genesee River. It originally had 10 whale oil Argand lamps, which were replaced with a Fresnel lens in 1853. [6]
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of New York as identified by the United States Coast Guard. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
Thirty Mile Point Light is a lighthouse on the south shore of Lake Ontario in Niagara County, New York. [2] [3] It is part of Golden Hill State Park, a New York state park. [4] The lighthouse is open to the public. It gets its name because it is the point 30 miles east of the Niagara River. The lighthouse was built in 1875 of hand-carved stone.
The lighthouse is owned by the Village of Sodus Point, New York. There is a long-term lease with the Sodus Bay Historical Society to manage the lighthouse. [2] The lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places, with reference #76001288, as Sodus Point Lighthouse. The pier and shore light served simultaneously from 1834 until 1901.
An aerial view of the western end of the parkway and Oak Orchard Creek. The entirety of the 35.05-mile (56.41 km) Lake Ontario State Parkway mainline is designated as NY 947A, while the 0.55-mile (0.89 km) connector between the parkway and NY 18 in Lakeside Beach State Park—named Lakeside Beach Road—is designated as NY 948A.
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation located off the coast of Oswego, New York. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was built in 1934 to replace an earlier light constructed in 1880. It stands at the end of a 2,000-foot-long (610 m) breakwater at mouth of Oswego River , extending one-half mile (0.80 km) out onto Lake Ontario .
Robert G. Wehle State Park is a 1,067-acre (4.32 km 2) state park on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario in the town of Henderson in Jefferson County, New York, United States. [ 2 ] History
The WMA was created in 1982 after the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP) transferred all but approximately 375 acres (1.52 km 2) of the former Braddock Bay State Park (established in 1956 [5]) to the NYSDEC. The remaining parcels were leased to the Town of Greece in 1981.