Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Copper Harbor Light

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COPPER HARBOR LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: KEWEENAW PENINSULA / LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: COPPER HARBOR
County: KEWEENAW
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1849

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 2000

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1866
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1933
Automated: 1919
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 62
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane:
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL LENS ON DISPLAY AT FORT WILKINS HISTORICAL COMPLEX

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1848
Description: STONE MASONRY
Fate/Disposition: DISMANTLED; STONES SALVAGED FOR FOUNDATION OF REPLACEMENT LIGHTHOUSE IN 1866
2. Construction Date: N/A
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1933
Type: SKELETAL
Tower Height: 60
Height of Focal Plane: 90

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1866
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK

Other Structures: DETACHED 1849 DWELLING WHICH SERVED AS STORAGE / OIL HOUSE

Current Use: MUSEUM IN STATE PARK

Owner/Manager: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Web Site: LINK

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit by Region for access information)

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

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 23 2002 3:08:02 pm EDT
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