Lighting the Way: Oswego's Lighthouse in Pictures
Lighting the Way: Oswego's Lighthouse in Pictures A Community Sourced Exhibit
Buoys and Gales
Down the street from my boyhood home is Lake Ontario; my bedroom window frames the harbor: breakwall, buoys, and lighthouse. Beacons break the dark with random red pulses and a broad beam of light sweeps the water -north east south west, around and around and around. Once in a blue moon the beacons pulse at once, as if to acknowledge your rapt attention.Stormy weather is the best time to gaze - when the foghorn sounds, it says you’re doomed to loneliness and sorrow, if not in so many words! We swam there and used a buoy near the breakwall like a giant toy - we clambered aboard, tried to topple it, as if we Oswego boys could do what Lake Ontario gales never did! by Oswegonian David Read, readspoems.com The Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse serves as the proverbial symbol of the City of Oswego. It serves as a constant reminder of our remarkable maritime history, heritage, and culture. Built in 1934, the Lighthouse was the culmination of a harbor improvement project that placed the station at the end of the 1931 West Arrowhead Breakwater replacing the 1870s Oswego Breakwater Beacon. Built of riveted steel plates and resting 17 ft. above the waterline atop its concrete caisson, the Lighthouse was built to withstand the high winds, heavy surf, and destructive ice commonly associated with Lake Ontario.
Graham Groat: Windy Lighthouse October 31, 2019 Nikon 810
Mary E Collins: The Restoration Nikon D3300
Tall Ship Harborfest Sony DSC-H5
Small Ship Harborfest Sony DSC-H5
Danniel Conners: Sentinel of Oswego March 16, 2015 Canon T3
Dave Hitt: Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse January 8, 2021 Kodak Picpro AZ401
Patrick Kinane: Lighthouse at Sunset June 19, 2015 iPhone
James Lloyd: Lake Ontario Twilight April 22, 2020 Nikon
Patrick O’Brien: Lighthouse Camouflage Spring, 2017 Panasonic ZS60
Bob Day: Twins August 4, 2018 Canon Digital
Strike: August 2, 2018 Canon Digital
Red Bliss 2004 Casio Digital
Kris Gawlik: Aging Beauty April 4, 2018 Nikon D2500 SLR
Beauty & the Beast April 4, 2018 Nikon D2500
Strength April 4, 2018 Nikon D2500 SLR
Ray Grella: Sailboat July 2012 Nikon
Rainbow February 2018 Nikon
Ray Grella Storm November 2019 Nikon
Daniel Haggard: Pool of Hope March 1, 2020 Canon EOS 7D MKII
Rings July 13, 2020 Canon EOS 7D MKII
Sapphire February 4, 2021 Canon EOS 6D
Robert Jones: Heading Out June 20, 2013 Canon Rebel Xsi
Defiant July 18, 2017 Canon Rebel Xsi
The Sound & Fury October 30, 2017 Canon Rebel Xsi
Wayne Kirby: 1 November 22, 2019 Nikon D7200
DJI Phantom 3
Brenda L Dann: Harbor Swan February 4, 2012 Canon EOS 7D
Stanley in the Harbor August, 2013 Canon EOS 7D
Sailboat Sunset September 11, 2015 Canon 5D Mark III
Fritz Messere: Flyover October 7, 2020 Canon 6D MKII
Lighthouse in Oil January 6, 2018 Canon 6D MKII
LIcy Harbor January 6, 2018 Canon 6D MKII
Michael Montgomery: Blue Hour May 23, 2020 Nikon D750
Sunset Fire May 25, 2015 Nikon D500
Breakers November 1, 2019 Nikon D750
Rocco Saya: Untitled 1 March 15, 2017 Sony A7r
Untitled 2 August 3, 2019 Sony A7r
Untitled 3 July 17, 2020 Sony A7r
Duane St. Onge: Coast Guard Maneuvers at the Lighthouse January 23, 2014 Sony SLT a33
The Lighthouse Beacon August 19, 2016 Sony SLT a65
A View From the Lighthouse August 19, 2016 Sony SLT a65
Duane Thomas: Thursday November 21, 2019 Canon EOS Rebel T7i
Brace Yourself November 22, 2019 Canon EOS Rebel T7i
Be the Light June 27, 2020 Canon EOS Rebel T7i
Robert Whitmarsh: Blue Hour Beacon December 11, 2020 Canon Rebel T7
Turbulent Solitude November 9, 2006 Kodak EZ Share Z950
Patrick O’Brien: Lighthouse Camouflage Spring, 2017 Panasonic ZS60
Dennis Cooper: Balanced Sunset April 10, 2018 Nikon D500 DSLR
Gale Warning February 25, 2019 Nikon D850 DSLR
