Erie Land Lighthouse

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Cheers

Very nice photos.

October 25, 2009

What a beautiful structure!! Great pictures and interesting story.

September 12, 2009

I like how you used the same paper but diff color of it for both of the lighthouse LOs.

September 10, 2009

DH and I are trying to visit all of the LH's in WA state, we still have a few to go. I also research their history and include with the LO. You did a great job photographing them as well as your journaling.

September 09, 2009

Great job with this! Lighthouses are so interesting!

September 09, 2009

I likeyour bg paper... it almost looks like the brick of the lighthouse. I like your use of postcards. Look like pictures you took.

September 09, 2009

Your pictures are just as nice as postcards!

September 09, 2009

Erie Land Lighthouse

Erie Land Lighthouse, Eerie, PA: Pennsylvania paid $151,640 for a section of land in 1792 that included 45 miles of lakeshore on Lake Erie. Three years before this deed was granted by President George Washington, Pennsylvania had paid the Iroguis Nation $2,000 to relinquish the rights to this land. It was named “Presque Isle, which means “almost an island” in French. Congress provided money for the construction of the lighthouse in 1810 and 1811 but the work was delayed by the outbreak of the War of 1812. The lighthouse was completed in 1818.

An inspection in 1851 found that the stone tower was started to settle. Metal bands were placed around the tower to stabilize it but by 1857 it was evident the tower would have to be replaced. At 56 feet, the replacement tower was more than twice as tall as its predecessor. In 1858 a brick dwelling with five rooms was completed.

Again, it was sinking. The lighthouse was dismantled in 1866 and test borings made revealed a layer of quicksand in the underlying sail was that cause of the settling. A new site was selectde, further from the bluff's edge with much care given to the stability. Upon a massive foundation, a 49-foot tower was constructed using Berea sandstone. The year of completion, 1867 is inscribed in stonework over the lighthouse door.

It 1899 the Erie Land Lighthouse was retired from service and the Federal Gov't turned the property over to the City of Erie.