Jewel of the Ports

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Lorain Breakwater Lighthouse
Called the "Jewel of the Ports", the Lorain Harbor Lighthouse sits on Lake Erie and has been voted Best Lake Erie Lighthouse by the Lake Erie Magazine. 
Congress appropriated $35,000 in October of 1913 to build the lightshouse hat was placed in service in 1917. The building was completed in 1919 and consists of three stories and a basement. Incandesant oil was used to light the lens until it was replaced by electricity in 1932. The Coast Guard decommissioned the light in January 1966 mush to the objection of the local population. 
The structure was place on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. A civic effort was started to save the and rehabilitate the structure which resulted in the compeletion in 2013. This picture is from July 2013 about the time the project was complete. 

Lorain Ohio sits on the south shore of Lake Erie east of Toledo and about 25 miles west of Cleveland. 

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