Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Fourteen Foot Shoal Light

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FOURTEEN FOOT SHOAL LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: CHEBOYGAN HARBOR ENTRANCE / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: CHEBOYGAN
County: CHEBOYGAN
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1930

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1998

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1930
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated:
Foundation Materials: PNEUMATIC/SUB
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE/STEEL
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED TRIM
Shape: CONICAL ON RECTANGULAR HOUSE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height:
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 55
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1930
Construction Materials: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1930
Construction Materials: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Architectural Style:

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY SHPO
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
FOG SIGNAL WAS OPERATED BY RADIO CONTROL--AN EARLY EXPERIMENT IN OFF-SITE OPERATIONS

Last Modified: Wed, Apr 24 2002 11:03:02 pm EDT
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