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Steamship Era Mural
| Historic Site #: | 12-130 (Exists) Type: J1,H | Town: | Sodus | ||
| Site Name: | Steamship Era Mural | GPS Coordinates: | 43.2701, -76.97995 | ||
| Address: | 8505 Greig Street Sodus Point New York inside Captain Jack’s Good Time Tavern in the entrance way to their banquet room. | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| The Steamship era in the late 19th century in Sodus Point | |||||
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| Steamship Era Mural photo courtesy of Edith Farrington |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
This mural depicts the Steamboat era of Sodus Bay. By the late 19th century, fleets of luxurious passenger steamers plied the waters of the Great Lakes. This shows the Sodus Bay Outer pier light and a ferry steamboat named “Arundell” that came into Sodus Bay as late as the 1930’s.
In 1870, the Sodus Bay Outer pier light was constructed at the end of the pier. Due to cost, the United States Lighthouse Service decommissioned the stone Sodus Bay Lighthouse light in 1901 when the wooden, outer pier light was improved by adding 15 feet to the tower height and giving it a visibility range of 14 miles. The steel catwalk was built to provide keepers access to the service beacon | |||||
Historic Sodus Point web page