Cape Vincent Light

For the lighthouse in Portugal, see Cape St. Vincent.

Cape Vincent Breakwater Lighthouse
Cape Vincent Breakwater Lighthouse

Location	Originally on the Breakwater at Cape Vincent Harbor Cape Vincent, New York
Coordinates	44°7′10″N 76°19′56″W / 44.11944°N 76.33222°W / 44.11944; -76.33222Coordinates: 44°7′10″N 76°19′56″W / 44.11944°N 76.33222°W / 44.11944; -76.33222
Year first constructed	1901
Year first lit	1912
Tower shape	Square
Markings / pattern	White square enclosed structure
Height	26 feet (7.9 m)
Original lens	Fifth Order fresnel lens
Characteristic	Flashing red, dark sector; illuminated 307° of the horizon; dark sectors lying towards shore (as of 1941)
Fog signal	None
ARLHS number	USA-141 ^[1]

Cape Vincent Breakwater Light was a lighthouse on the breakwater protecting the harbor in the town of Cape Vincent, New York.^[2]

It has been moved to the Town Highway Department on New York State Route 12E.

It should not be confused with the nearby Tibbetts Point Light, an active lighthouse also in Cape Vincent.

References

↑ ARLHS World List of Lights
↑ Note that while "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. describes two lights at this location, Cape Vincent Breakwater East End Light and Cape Vincent Breakwater West End Light, and the breakwater runs east and west so it is possible that there were two lights, the two descriptions are identical, including both the light characteristics and the sectors. It is extremely unlikely that two lights at opposite ends of a breakwater would have the same characteristic, and, therefore, the web site is almost certainly wrong.

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