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LAKE ERIE. 43 feet; best water in mid-channel; 8 to 9 feet of water alongside west pier; soft bottom where deepest, rocky at other points. Ashtabula light-house, W.S. W. % W., 134 miles. ASHTABULA LIGHT-STATION.--A fixed white light varied by white flashes, at intervals of 2 minutes, 5th order, visible. 112 miles. Black below and white above, pyramidal tower, 27 feet high, square in plan. An elevated walk along pier to shore. Dwelling, cream-color, on the west side of mouth of river. Near the outer end of west pier, entrance to Ashtabula harbor, Ohio; width between piers, 180 feet outside and 100 feet inside the angle of west pier; 16 feet of water can be carried through into the mouth of the river; best water near the west pier; sandy bottom; 8 to 10 feet of water alongside the west pier. East pier 370 feet shorter than the west; 8 feet of water at outer end, 8 to 10 feet alongside. Direction of piers, north. Outer point of shore to the westward, W.S. W. 2 W., 11 miles. Fairport light-house, 27 miles to the westward. : FAIRPORT LIGHT-STATION.--A fixed white light, 3d order, visible 174 miles. Gray conical tower 60 feet high, con- nected with dwelling by covered way. Lantern black, dome red, light 100 feet above sea level. On the bluff east side of mouth of Grand river, at Fairport. Cleveland light-house, 283 miles to the westward. Fairport Beacon-Light.--A fixed white light, 6th order: visible 12 miles. Black below and white above, pyramidal wooden tower 27 feet high, square in plan. An elevated walk along pier to shore. On crib at outer end of east pier, entrance to Fairport harbor, mouth of Grand river. Outer point of shore to the east- ward, E. N. E. Outer point of shore to the westward, S. W. by W.4 W., 34 miles. The harbor works consist of two parallel piers connecting the deep water in Lake Erie with the deep water in Grand river. Width between piers 200 feet, direction of piers N. ? W. Depth of water 16 feet, the west pier extends 120 feet further into the lake than the east pier. A bar has formed about 900 feet outside the end of the west pier, about 300 feet in width, extending across the channel. CLEVELAND LIGHT-STATION.--A fixed white light, 34 order, visible 204 miles. Red octagonal tower 84 feet high, connected with dwelling by covered way; structure of brick, with stone finish and foundation. Lantern black, light 154 feet above lake level. At Cleveland, Ohio, on the hill east side of harbor. The upper half of the tower only is visible above the surrounding buildings. Black River light-house, 25 miles to the westward. Cleveland Breakwater.--A crib breakwater starts from the lake shore at a point about 700 feet west of the extremity of the old bed of Cuyahoga river, running into the lake nearly due