. ~ ROCHESTER'S HISTORY ~ AN ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE
 

. Land cleared in 1829 to improve visability of the lighthouse. .
The entrance to the genesee River had always been clogged with reeds and obstructed by sand bars, causing navigational hazzards. The lighthouse was set quite far back from the lake, the site chosen for it's height. The bluff originally overlooked a marsh, which has since been filled in. In 1829 the Congress approved $10,000 for improvements of navigation to the river, and a part of these funds was used to clear a wedge of forest in front of the light, from round Pond to Rock Beach, a distance of nearly two and a half miles.
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