Conneaut Lighthouse

Its complete name is the Conneaut West Breakwater lighthouse. Made of reinforced concrete and found in Ashtabula County, Ohio in Lake Erie, you can easily see it from shore. It is considered a major landmark. The light was placed in commission September 15, 1920, and the fog signal went into operation April 15th, 1922.
My husband and I left for the day to drive up the coast intending on me photographing lighthouses, but just a short distance away the weather turned into a late summer storm. We made it the short distance down the road to Conneaut while the clouds were darkening but rain had not yet come. It made for a dramatic scene, as you can see here. With the success of this photograph, we decided to continue up the Lake Erie coast through PA and NY. If you take a look at my other lighthouse photo of the day “Presque Isle Lighthouse”, you will see how the storm we drove through turned overcast with a rainbow. By the time we made it to NY’s Barcelona Harbor Lighthouse though, the wind had picked up so hard that the trees in the photos were a blur. I will need to go back another time to get a good shot of that one.