Oil Shed
Oil Shed is a building in Town of Porter, Niagara County, New York. Oil Shed is situated nearby to the lighthouse Fort Niagara Light, as well as near 1812 Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Niagara Light and Fort Niagara Beach.
Fort Niagara Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Florence88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Niagara Light is an inactive lighthouse on the Niagara River on the south shore of Lake Ontario in New York state. It is located on the grounds of Fort Niagara.
Fort Niagara Beach
Photo: Charny, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Niagara, also known as Old Fort Niagara, is a fortification originally built by New France to protect its interests in North America, specifically control of access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. Fort Niagara Beach is situated 820 feet northwest of Oil Shed.
Fort George
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort George was a military fortification in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used by the British Army, the Canadian militia, and the United States Army for a brief period. Fort George is situated 1 mile south of Oil Shed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niagara-on-the-Lake and Youngstown.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town of 19,000 people in the Niagara Region of Ontario. It sits on the shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River.
Youngstown
Photo: Florence88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Youngstown is the northwesternmost community in the state of New York. Its strategic location at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border with Canada, made it a prime site for fortifications, the last of which has stood just north of the village since 1726.
Towers Corners
Hamlet
Towers Corners is a hamlet in the town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. Towers Corners is situated 2½ miles east of Oil Shed.
Oil Shed
- Type: Building
- Category: historic site
- Location: Town of Porter, Niagara County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.26167° or 43° 15′ 42″ northLongitude
-79.06054° or 79° 3′ 38″ westInception
1871Open location code
87M27W6Q+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1115341763OpenStreetMap feature
building=shedOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouse
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