Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation located off the coast of Oswego, New York. It was built in 1934 to replace an earlier light constructed in 1880.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse”, “Oswego West Pierhead Light”, and “West Pierhead Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Ontario and H. Lee White Marine Museum.
Fort Ontario
Park
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Ontario is an American historic bastion fort situated by the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is owned by the state of New York and operated as a museum known as Fort Ontario State Historic Site. Fort Ontario is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light.
H. Lee White Marine Museum
Museum
Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is located in Oswego, New York. It was founded in 1982 by Rosemary Sinnett Nesbitt, a local professor and the City of Oswego Historian. H. Lee White Marine Museum is situated 3,300 feet south of Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light.
Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum
Museum
Photo: Jojomojopete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum is a museum in Oswego, New York that tells the story of 982 mainly Jewish refugees who fled Europe in the U.S. Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum is situated 1 mile southeast of Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include SUNY Oswego and Scriba.
SUNY Oswego
Locality
State University of New York at Oswego is a public university in Oswego, New York, United States. It has a total student population of 6,756 and the campus size is 700 acres. SUNY Oswego is situated 2 miles southwest of Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light.
Scriba
Village
Scriba is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 6,840 at the 2010 census. The town is named after landowner George Scriba. Scriba is situated 4½ miles east of Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light.
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Oswego, Oswego, Central New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.47337° or 43° 28′ 24″ northLongitude
-76.51672° or 76° 31′ 0″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Inception
1934Open location code
87M5FFFM+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 1039715556OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
6353010Wikidata ID
Q7108231
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In Other Languages
“Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Oswego Harbor”
- French: “Phare d’Oswego Harbor”
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