Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Grosse Ile North Channel Range Front Light

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GROSSE ILE NORTH CHANNEL RANGE FRONT LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: DETROIT RIVER
Nearest City: GROSSE ILE
County: WAYNE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1894

Photo by Wm. Heinrich, Grosse Ile Historical Society, 1985/86

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1906
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1963
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 50
Original Optic:
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane:
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1894
Description: FOUR-SIDED WOODEN PYRAMID ON OPEN WOOD PILING, SIDES WERE CLOSED IN WITH SIX-SIDED WOODEN LANTERN ON TOP OF PYRAMID
Fate/Disposition: REMOVED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 1906 TOWER

Modern Tower?

Existing Sound Signal Building?

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES, OFF SITE (PRIVATELY OWNED)

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures:

Current Use:

Owner/Manager: GROSSE ILE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Open to the Public? YES - LIMITED (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #80004863
Name of Listing: HISTORIC ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SITES IN MICHIGAN TR
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
REAR RANGE LOST BEFORE 1940; GIHS ALSO OWNS DETROIT RIVER LIVINGSTONE CHANNEL ORIGINAL LIGHT TOWERS NO. 25 AND 26 WHICH CAN BE VIEWED ON MUSEUM GROUNDS

Last Modified: Thurs, June 13 2002 12:44:02 pm EDT
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