Point Abino Light Tower
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Fort Erie, Canada
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| Coordinates | 42°50′9.96″N 79°05′42.72″W / 42.8361000°N 79.0952000°WCoordinates: 42°50′9.96″N 79°05′42.72″W / 42.8361000°N 79.0952000°W |
| Year first constructed | 1917 |
| Year first lit | 1918 |
| Deactivated | 1995 |
| Construction | Poured concrete |
| Markings / pattern | White with red accents |
| Height | 30 metres (98 ft) |
| Original lens | Third-order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | Fl(3) W 12s 27m 15M |
| ARLHS number | CAN-385 |
| Heritage | National Historic Site of Canada |
| Official name | Point Abino Light Tower National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 15 July 1998 |
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The Point Abino Light Tower is a lighthouse on the rocky north shore of Lake Erie at the southern tip of Point Abino peninsula west of Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada. The Greek Revival white square tower with red accents is attached to the fog alarm building, and a lighthouse keeper's residence is located on the shore to the north.
The site was considered for a lighthouse as early as 1855 by a United States lighthouse inspector, but its shoal was only marked by buoys until 1912, when the Buffalo Lightship was installed nearby. The lightship sank as a result of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, and four years later the Canadian government commissioned the construction of the tower citing increased traffic at the eastern end of Lake Erie.
Point Abino had been identified as early as 1855 as a desirable location for a lighthouse. In a letter dated 29 September 1855, United States lighthouse inspector engineer J.C. Woodruff stated that a lighthouse at Point Abino equipped with a foghorn would have great utility, and would "save annually many lives and a large amount of property", particularly because most commercial shipping in Lake Erie was along the northern shore in Canada. It was one of three Canadian sites identified by Woodruff, the others being Long Point, where the Government of Canada already operated a lighthouse, and Point Pelir, where it had begun construction of a lighthouse at the time of the report.
Before 1912, the shoal surrounding the point had been marked by buoys. The Buffalo Lightship, a lightship built in 1912, was installed at the site, but the violent Great Lakes Storm of 1913 sank the vessel and killed all its crew in November 1913.
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