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The third Dunkirk Pierhead Lighthouse was a cast-iron tower, first lighted on October 30, 1880. It was of a similar design as the Cheboygan Crib Lighthouse in Cheboygan, Michigan, as well as the Vermillion Lighthouse in Vermillion, Ohio, which is now the East Charity Shoal Lighthouse on Lake Ontario near Cape Vincent, New York. A long wooden walkway was built on the pier for the safe access of the keeper in inclement weather when waves would often wash over the pier. Fortunately, no lighthouse keeper was on duty on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1895, when a storm with extremely high and powerful waves battered the lighthouse and washed it away. An open-frame tower was then constructed at the site to serve as a temporary lighthouse. However, this temporary pierhead tower ended up being used for three years until 1896, making it the fourth pierhead light to serve in Dunkirk.
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