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The Vermilion Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the shores of Lake Erie in Vermilion, Ohio, USA. It is situated near the mouth of the Vermilion River . Erected on 23 October 1991 and dedicated on 6 June 1992, the lighthouse is illuminated by a 200 watt incandescent light bulb with a 5th order Fresnel lens .
Fairport Harbor East Pierhead Light: Fairport Harbor: N/A 1875 [1] Never 1911 [1] (Removed) None Unknown Grand Lake St. Marys Lighthouse (aka: Northwood Light) Celina: 1923 1982 Active Unknown 135 ft (41 m) Grand River (Fairport Harbor) Light: Fairport Harbor
Marblehead Lighthouse in Marblehead, Ohio, United States, is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the American side of the Great Lakes. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has guided sailors safely along the rocky shores of Marblehead Peninsula since 1822, and is an active aid to navigation .
Cleveland West Pierhead Light, sometimes called Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light, is a lighthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] [2] In 2023, the United States General Services Administration announced that the lighthouse would be sold by auction.
South Bass Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern end of its eponymous island in Lake Erie. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1990 [ 1 ] and is thought to be the only lighthouse in the United States owned by a university - Ohio State .
The Grand Lake St. Marys Lighthouse, also known as the "Northwoods Lighthouse", is a historic lighthouse on Grand Lake St. Marys, a reservoir in the far western part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located east of the city of Celina in Mercer County , the lighthouse was built in 1923, [ 1 ] using a plan modeled after the Eddystone Lighthouse off the ...
The lighthouse was built in 1871 and has a 60-foot tower with a detached keeper's house. The light was decommissioned in 1925, replaced by the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light . At one time the Coast Guard considered using the keeper's house to house their personnel and demolish the tower but a letter writing campaign by local residents ...
The new light was equipped with a fourth-order Fresnel lens, exhibiting a red light. Keepers lived in a frame house in town. This tower was moved in 1882 but remained in service. [7] In 1905 the Ashtabula River mouth was widened and breakwater constructed, prompting construction of the third light, the structure that exists today. [6]