Lighthouses of Lake Erie

       
 
   

Buffalo Breakwater (Old Bottle Light)
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Established:

1903

Status:

  Inactive

Location:

  (NY) On display near main light

Type:

  Bottle shaped, conical cast iron

Access:

  Car - Then foot

 

   

About the Light:

  This unique light was constructed of boiler plate cast-iron and planted on the breakwall. The Jules Verne shape is reminiscent of the era in which it was constructed and gives the impression that someone may be placed inside and lowered to 20,000 leagues under the sea. In 1985, the light was deactivated and later moved to its present location as part of the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans park museum complex.