Fairport Harbor Breakwater
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Fairport Quick Facts
Year Station Established: 1925
Is the Light operational? Yes
Year Light First Lit: 1925
Year Automated:
Shape: Square
Tower Height: 42 ft.
Original Optic: 4th Order, Fresnel
Present Optic: 300mm
Existing Keepers Quarters? Yes
Year Constructed: 1925
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: Attached
Construction Materials: Brick
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Fairport Harbor Breakwater Light
Headlands State Beach Park
Painesville, OH
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(3 photos, 62KB total download)
History/Info:
In 1910 the management of navigational aids was handed
over to the newly-created Bureau of Lighthouses, headed by a practical and
thrifty chief named George Putnam. Within months Putnam began tightening
up the purse strings and making more efficient use of funds. A long
overdue appropriation of $42,000 was made to improve Fairport Harbor. It
provided for a new lighthouse and foghorn on the west breakwater pier head
and the deactivation of old Fairport Lighthouse.
But the nation went to war before the funds could be spent. Construction
of the new lighthouse was delayed until 1921. It was completed and placed
in service in 1925, the centennial of the original lighthouse. The new,
38-foot Fairport Breakwater Light had been prefabricated at Buffalo
Lighthouse Depot in 1921 and shipped 147-miles across the lake to its
destination, where it was quickly assembled. About $10,000 had been saved
by this method of construction.
Source:
Sentinel Publications
Latitude/Longitude: 41°46'N 81°15'W
Directions:
click
here for overview map -
click here for detailed map
- From SR-2 in Mentor, OH, take the Heisley Rd/SR-44 exit. Head north onto
Heisley Rd/SR-44.
- Take Heisley Rd. 1.6 miles to an intersection where you'll see the
entrance to the State Park in front of you.
- Go straight across the intersection into Headlands Beach State Park.
- Park at the farthest end of the parking lot. At the far corner of the
parking lot you'll see a walking trail that leads away from the parking lot.
Take that path and follow it through the bushes and trees to the start of the
breakwater (the path will become very sandy).
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