This was a lucky happenstance! We needed to stop for a stretch break and Zoom Zoom found a great spot accidently. This light house was built waaaaay back in 1828. It began its operation in 1829 then was decommissioned in 1859. The poor gentleman that ran the light house only made $350.00 a year. His job was to light the 9 oil lamps nightly. The lighthouse closed only 30 years later because of the opening of the canal and the railroad system. It became much more cost effective to ship product by train.
Now the lighthouse is just a beautiful memory. The house that the lighthouse keeper lived in is used by the Chamber of Commerce. There is a long bolt running through the living room used to shore up the house when the rock walls start to lag. It’s just amazing how much history there is around us. A lot of it is about people we will never hear about or read about in books.
Outside of the wall attached to the bolt to shore up the walls. 
Bolt they use to tighten the walls. 
Lake Erie 
Zoom Zoom Likes this house. 
Amazing of the great finds when you just stop and relax.
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