Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Ohio Lighthouses--West Sister Island Light

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WEST SISTER ISLAND LIGHT

State: OHIO
Location: MAUMEE BAY ENTRANCE / WEST END LAKE ERIE
Nearest City: WEST SISTER ISLAND
County: LUCAS
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1821

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1848
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1937
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: LIMESTONE/BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK BALCONY
Shape: CONICAL W/OUT LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 55
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1848
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 57
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (REMOVED 1945)

Year Constructed: 1868

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #83002006
Name of Listing: WEST SISTER ISLAND LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous: TOWER RENOVATED 1868; AMONG THE OLDEST TO SURVIVE ON GREAT LAKES; PLAYED IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE GROWTH OF SHIPPING

Last Modified: Thurs, Mar 07 2002 4:17:02 pm EDT
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