Verona Beach Lighthouse
This is a shot of the Verona Beach Lighthouse. This is one of the three lighthouses that were constructed to aid the navigators on Oneida Lake. Oneida Lake's open shallow waters are notorious for blowing up into a ferocious mix of wind and waves. These lighthouses would provide a safer passage on this potentially hazardous lake. This tower was constructed by the Buffalo firm of Lupfer & Remick, with work starting in the fall of 1915. By the close of 1916, the Verona Lighthouse was half done. This lighthouse marked the entrance to Wood Creek and the canal from the eastern end of the lake. Prefabricated concrete sections, 18 feet in height were barged in from Buffalo and used to form the outer shells of the lighthouse towers, while the interior were lined with 4 1/2 foot sections, lowered in from the top of the tower. A series of vertical steel ladders linked together platforms installed at every third interior and provided access to the top of the tower. The round tower tapers gracefully to support the large lanterns and maintenance platforms at the pinnacles. Wrought iron-latticed railings ring the upper platforms. The lantern platforms are reached by climbing separate stairways contained within the tower and are illuminated by slender rectangular windows. Each tower was equipped with a gas beacon that shone from within an exposed glass lens. The Verona Lighthouse was lit for the first time in the late summer of 1917 and was an occulting white. It was updated from the self-contained gas cylinder fuel sysytem to the commercial electric power grid in the 1920s. The lighthouse stands 84 1/2 feet tall and is a half foot shorter than the other two lighthouses. The focal planes of the three towers are all different with the Verona Beach Lighthouse being 3 1/2 feet above the surface of the lake. The large square base provided a foundation as well as as an entry area and a fuel storage space. All the towers are still active today. The NYS Canal Corp, along with the Verona Beach Lighhouse Association, maintain the lighthouse area. They cleared the site and carted off over 150 truckloads of debris. The entry door and the rectangular windows (due to vandalism) have been replaced. The site area has also been landscaped. The tower part of the lighthouse which was previously a brownish color has now been painted a bright white. Located off Route 13 - then west on Oneida St, left on Forest Ave, right on Fourth Ave to a small parking lot - in Verona Beach, NY.
Verona Beach Lighthouse
This is a shot of the Verona Beach Lighthouse. This is one of the three lighthouses that were constructed to aid the navigators on Oneida Lake. Oneida Lake's open shallow waters are notorious for blowing up into a ferocious mix of wind and waves. These lighthouses would provide a safer passage on this potentially hazardous lake. This tower was constructed by the Buffalo firm of Lupfer & Remick, with work starting in the fall of 1915. By the close of 1916, the Verona Lighthouse was half done. This lighthouse marked the entrance to Wood Creek and the canal from the eastern end of the lake. Prefabricated concrete sections, 18 feet in height were barged in from Buffalo and used to form the outer shells of the lighthouse towers, while the interior were lined with 4 1/2 foot sections, lowered in from the top of the tower. A series of vertical steel ladders linked together platforms installed at every third interior and provided access to the top of the tower. The round tower tapers gracefully to support the large lanterns and maintenance platforms at the pinnacles. Wrought iron-latticed railings ring the upper platforms. The lantern platforms are reached by climbing separate stairways contained within the tower and are illuminated by slender rectangular windows. Each tower was equipped with a gas beacon that shone from within an exposed glass lens. The Verona Lighthouse was lit for the first time in the late summer of 1917 and was an occulting white. It was updated from the self-contained gas cylinder fuel sysytem to the commercial electric power grid in the 1920s. The lighthouse stands 84 1/2 feet tall and is a half foot shorter than the other two lighthouses. The focal planes of the three towers are all different with the Verona Beach Lighthouse being 3 1/2 feet above the surface of the lake. The large square base provided a foundation as well as as an entry area and a fuel storage space. All the towers are still active today. The NYS Canal Corp, along with the Verona Beach Lighhouse Association, maintain the lighthouse area. They cleared the site and carted off over 150 truckloads of debris. The entry door and the rectangular windows (due to vandalism) have been replaced. The site area has also been landscaped. The tower part of the lighthouse which was previously a brownish color has now been painted a bright white. Located off Route 13 - then west on Oneida St, left on Forest Ave, right on Fourth Ave to a small parking lot - in Verona Beach, NY.