Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Ohio Lighthouses--Huron Harbor Light

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HURON HARBOR LIGHT

State: OHIO
Location: LAKE ERIE
Nearest City: HURON
County: ERIE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1835

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1936
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1972
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE (BREAKWATER)
Construction Materials: STEEL
Markings/Patterns: WHITE "ART MODERNE"
Shape: PYRAMIDAL W/OUT LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 72
Original Optic:
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 375 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 80
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1835
Description: WEST PIERHEAD LIGHT
Fate/Disposition:
2. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1936
Construction Materials: STEEL
Architectural Style: ART MODERNE
Fog Signal Type: ELECTRIC HORN/ORIG. DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (KEEPERS OPERATED THE LIGHT BY REMOTE CONTROL FROM A SMALL BRICK -FACED STATION ON SHORE)

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #91000971
Name of Listing: HURON HARBOR LIGHT (LIGHT STATIONS OF OHIO MPS)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Thurs, Mar 07 2002 1:20:02 pm EDT
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