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[4] [5] A total of 2 to 4 acres (1 to 2 ha) of land overlooking the entrance to the channel into Presque Isle Bay was ceded by Brigadier General John Kelso of the Pennsylvania militia on April 2, 1811 for the lighthouse. [6] [7] Both the construction of the Buffalo Main Light and the Erie Land Light were delayed until 1818. [5] On a pre-1914 ...
Erie Harbor North Pier Light: Presque Isle 1857 Unknown Active Unknown 42 ft (13 m ... Erie Land Light: Erie 1818 (Former) 1867 (Current) Never ...
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There are fourteen active lights in the state as well as three automated caissons and eleven skeleton towers replacing previously staffed lights. The first lighthouse in the state was lit in 1822 and the last in 1965 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest surviving structure is the Pooles Island Light and the oldest still active ...
The annual fireworks display returns to Dobbins Landing one day before the July 4 holiday.
A large fireball lit up the skies over large portions the U.S. and Canada Monday evening. The American Meteor Society reported 436 sightings of the fireball, which was seen from northern Michigan ...
The first two U.S. lighthouses on the Great Lakes were completed in 1818—one in Buffalo, New York and the Erie Land Light at the entrance to Presque Isle Bay. [9] Ownership of the Presque Isle peninsula that formed the bay was transferred from a sailors' hospital to the federal government on May 17, 1871 "for the purposes of national defense ...
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