Image: Erie harbor light

Description: Erie Harbor North Pier Light in an early postcard published 1915-1930 without copyright notice Smithsonian metadata Erie Harbor Pierhead State: PA Year established: 1830 Latitude: 42 deg 9 min 24 sec N Longitude: 80 deg 4 min 18 sec W Height above sea level: 42 feet Original construction: wooden tower Rebuilds: 1858: present 34-foot square cast-iron tower replaced original destroyed by ship collision Status: active aid to navigation Light characteristic: flashing red every 2.5 seconds visible for 7 nautical miles More information: http://www.lighthousedigest.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=477 http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/pa.htm U.S. Department of Homeland Security / United States Coast Guard, Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River above the St. Regis River, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2004), p. 39
Title: Erie harbor light
Credit: http://amhistory.si.edu/lighthouses/object.cfm?id=26 Smithsonian Institution
Author: City News Agency, Eire, Pennsylvania
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License: Public domain
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