Erie Land Light, also known as the Old Presque Isle Light, stands on the Lake Erie shore in Erie, Pennsylvania, and reflects the early development of federal navigation aids on the Great Lakes. Authorized by Congress in 1810 and first built in 1818, the lighthouse repeatedly faced failures caused by unstable ground and quicksand, leading to rebuildings in 1851 and 1867. The present sandstone-and-brick tower was equipped with a third-order Fresnel lens and served mariners with an irregular history of activation and decommissioning before its light was finally extinguished in 1899. Restored in the modern era, it now carries a navigational beacon and opens to the public in summer.