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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LNI_buffalo-harbor_Buffalo-NY.html
First Harbor From its beginnings as a shallow creek-mouth anchorage through its heyday as seventh busiest port in the world, Buffalo Harbor has undergone a series of major changes. The first harbor was built in 1820 and 1821 by the villagers of Bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMH_buffalo-lightship_Buffalo-NY.html
Hurricane-force winds screamed across the Great Lakes on Nov. 9 and 10, 1913, in a storm that claimed more than 250 lives and sank a dozen ships- including Light Vessel 82, one of a series of Buffalo lightships. L.V. 82 was on station 13 miles sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLA_the-1833-buffalo-lighthouse_Buffalo-NY.html
The oldest building in Buffalo still standing on its original site, this lighthouse was built in 1832 and 1833. The oldest portion is the 44-foot tapering octagonal tower. The original lantern room was removed in 1857 and the stone casement window…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LJK_penobscot-morania-collision_Buffalo-NY.html
The worst disaster in Buffalo Harbor history took place in the Buffao River at this point on the night of Oct. 29, 1951, freighter Penobscot and the gasoline barge Morina collided, sparking an explosion and fire that took 11 lives. The collision o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LJJ_international-shipmasters-association_Buffalo-NY.html
The maritime professionals who sail the ships on the Great Lakes are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their fraternal organization, the I. M. S. A. whose purpose is stated in the Association's constitution, "The purpose of this association's c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LI4_the-lighthouse-service_Buffalo-NY.html
Established in 1789, the U.S. Lighthouse Service maintained lighthouses and a district headquarters in Buffalo until it was absorbed by the Coast Guard in 1939.
Tenth District, long under the command of District Lighthouse Superintendent Roscoe …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LI3_the-coast-guard_Buffalo-NY.html
The Coast Guard Base in Buffalo is both a lifeboat station and a regional headquarters covering American Coastal waters from eastern Ohio to the Thousand Islands area of the St. Lawrence River. Units here include station Buffalo, Group Buffalo Hea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LI0_the-lifeboat-station_Buffalo-NY.html
The Buffalo Life-saving Station and the headquarters of the U.S. Revenue Marine Bureau's ninth life saving district were established in 1876, beginning operations at the north pier the following spring. The U.S. Life Saving Service became a separa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LHD_the-south-pier_Buffalo-NY.html
The 1,425-foot south pier as it exists today was built by the Army Corps of Engineers, to strengthen an earlier citizen-built pier that was vital to Buffalo's emergence as a city. In 1820 villagers built a 900-foot pier at this site by placing woo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LGN_lighthouse-point-park_Buffalo-NY.html
Welcome to one of the most historic places in Buffalo - the place where villagers built a harbor that, in turn, built a city. The parkland, promenade and restored lighthouse here were once key elements of the old Port of Buffalo. Early in the 19th…