Toledo Harbor Light
Toledo Harbor Lighthouse
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| Location | Toledo Harbor, Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′42″N 83°19′42″W / 41.76167°N 83.32833°WCoordinates: 41°45′42″N 83°19′42″W / 41.76167°N 83.32833°W |
| Year first constructed | 1901 |
| Year first lit | 1904 |
| Automated | 1965 |
| Deactivated | N/A |
| Foundation | Stone and concrete pier on crib |
| Construction | Buff brick and steel three-story keeper's dwelling with attached fog signal building. |
| Tower shape | Frustum of a cone on top of square Romanesque dwelling with attached fog signal building |
| Markings / pattern | natural, black roof, lantern and parapet |
| Height | Tower – 69 feet (21 m) |
| Focal height | 72 feet (22 m) |
| Original lens | 3½-order Fresnel lens (1904) |
| Range | 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) |
| Characteristic |
isophase W 6 s HORN: 1 blast every 30 s (3 s bl). Operates from April 1 to Dec. 1. |
| ARLHS number | USA-853 |
| USCG number |
7-6030 |
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Toledo Harbor Light
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| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 83002005 |
| Added to NRHP | August 04, 1983 |
isophase W 6 s HORN: 1 blast every 30 s (3 s bl).
7-6030
The Toledo Harbor Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Lake Erie near Toledo, Ohio, in the United States. The light replaced the 1837 lighthouse on Turtle Island at the mouth of the Maumee River. It is an active aid to navigation.
The lighthouse is built on a 20-foot-deep (6 m) stone crib, 8.4 miles (13.5 km) from the mouth of the Maumee River, marking the entrance to the Toledo harbor. It is also approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Maumee Bay State Park. After the channel was widened and deepened in 1897, shipping traffic increased. Construction began in 1901 when the United States Army Corps of Engineers sunk a large crib, filled it with stone, and then topped the portion above with water with a concrete base to create an artificial island.
Crib construction was perfected on the Great Lakes on such earlier lights as White Shoal Light, Stannard Rock Light, and Rock of Ages Light, which was developed by Engineer Col. Orlando M. Poe.
It is situated eight miles northeast of Toledo Harbor. It is a "distinctive lighthouse that some believe resembles a gingerbread house". While there is no witch living inside as there was in the tale of Hansel and Gretel, there is an eerie "phantom keeper" who for years beckoned to mariners from an upper-story window. It stands sentinel to Maumee Bay.
The tip of the lantern vent is 85 feet (26 m) high above the lake, has a three-story dwelling and is brick with a steel frame. Described as Romanesque, its style is unique among Great Lakes lighthouses. The original cost was $152,000, so it comes close to rivaling Spectacle Reef Light, the most expensive lighthouse on the Great Lakes. The Toledo light was first illuminated on May 23, 1904, by a 3½-order Fresnel lens that featured a 180-degree bullseye, two smaller 60-degree bullseyes and a ruby-red half cylinder glass made in Paris by Barbier and Bernard.
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