South Buffalo South Side Light, Buffalo, New York
SOUTH BUFFALO SOUTH SIDE LIGHT
Location: ON BREAKWATER, SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN SOUTH ENTRANCE TO BUFFALO HARBOR
Station Established: 1903
Year Current / Last Tower(s) First Lit: 1903
Operational: Yes
Automated: Yes, 1935
Deactivated: N/A
Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: Lower part brown, cylindrical; upper part white, conical; brown fog-signal house adjoining
Height: 53 feet above low water mark
Original Lens: Fourth Order (1903); 300mm (currently)
Characteristic: Group flashing white alternate flashing red, 30 seconds, 2 white, 1 red flashes; each flash 1 second, eclipse 9 seconds
Fog Signal: Diaphone, two-tone air; blast 3 seconds, silent 27 seconds