Managing Organization: U.S. Coast Guard
Notes: The 1939 skeletal tower was relocated to the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum.
Height of Focal Plane: 36 Characteristic and Range: Red flash every 6 seconds. Description of Tower: White cylindrical tower with red horizontal band.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers? 1828: Octagonal wooden tower. 1895: Square pyramidal tower; 1939: Square, pyramidal steel skeletal tower, 65 feet tall. Date Established: 1828 Date Present Tower Built: 1992 Optics: 1857: 6th order Fresnel lens. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? Grounds only.
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