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Tibbetts Point Light

Cape Vincent, US

Tibbetts Point Light

The Tibbetts Point Lighthouse is located in Cape Vincent, New York. The land upon which the lighthouse stands is a part of a 600-acre (243 ha) grant of land to Captain John Tibbetts of Troy, New York. The lighthouse is a circular tower that stands 69 feet (21 m) above the water The lighthouse was co

nstructed in 1854. Its Fresnel lens is still used. Only 70 such lenses are still operational in the United States, 16 being on the Great Lakes, of which two are in New York. Tibbetts Point Light is on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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