South Buffalo North Side Light is a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

formerly located at the entrance to Buffalo Harbor,

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

. It is one of two "bottle shaped" beacons located in Buffalo Harbor; the other is the Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light. It is a high beacon constructed of boiler plate. It measures at the bottom and at the top. It is distinguished by four cast iron port windows and a curved iron door. It was first lit on September 1, 1903, and originally equipped with a 6th-order Fresnel lens. ''Note:'' This includes A battery operated 12 volt lamp with a green plastic lens was installed in the beacon c. 1960, when a domed roof formerly mounted over the lens was removed. The beacon was removed in 1985, and now stands at the gate to the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum. Its twin is located on the grounds of the Buffalo (main) Light. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York Lighthouses

South Buffalo North Side Light - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum website

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