Burlington Breakwater Lights

Burlington Breakwater North Light
Location	Burlington, United States
Coordinates	44°28′50″N 73°13′47″W
Tower
Constructed	1857
Foundation	breakwater
Construction	lumber
Shape	square pyramid
Markings	White
Light
First lit	2003 (current tower, which is a replica of 1890 tower)
Focal height	35 ft (11 m)
Range	12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic	Fl R 2.5s
Burlington Breakwater South Light
	modern replica lighthouse, lit in 2004
Constructed	1857
Foundation	breakwater
Construction	lumber
Shape	square pyramid
Markings	White
First lit	2003 (current tower, which is a replica of 1857 tower)
Focal height	12 ft (3.7 m)
Range	7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 4s

The Burlington Breakwater Lights were originally established in 1857 to mark the ends of a low, detached, two piece breakwater 2⁄3-nautical-mile (1.2 km; 0.77 mi) long which protects the Burlington, Vermont harbor from Lake Champlain.^[1]^[2]^[3] The breakwater is on the National Register of Historic Places,^[4] but the lights, being replicas, are not. The two lights were replaced and rebuilt several times as fire and ice took their toll. In the middle of the 20th century, the wood towers were replaced by steel skeleton towers. The City of Burlington arranged for Federal funding for replicas of the original towers which were activated on September 12, 2003.^[3]