Barcelona Lighthouse
by Tom Brickhouse
Title
Barcelona Lighthouse
Artist
Tom Brickhouse
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Prints
Description
Congress appropriated $5,000 on May 23, 1828, "for building a lighthouse at a proper site, at or near Portland, on Lake Erie, in the State of New York." The site was purchased for $50 and contract was made to erect a lighthouse and dwelling which cost $3,456.78. The first keeper appointed May 27, 1829, was Joshua Lane, a "deaf, superannuated clergyman, having numerous female dependents" whose salary was $350 per annum. The first light apparatus was described in the contract as 11 patent lamps with 11 14 inch reflectors and 2 spare lamps. There were double tin oil butts for 500 US gallons (1,900 l; 420 imp gal) of oil. No mention was made at that time of equipment for burning natural gas.
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