Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Point Iroquois Light

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POINT IROQUOIS LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: LAKE SUPERIOR / WHITEFISH BAY
Nearest City: BAY MILLS
County: CHIPPEWA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1855

NPS photo by James P. Delgado, 1990

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1871
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1971
Automated: 1962
Foundation Materials: CEMENT
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 65
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1870
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 68
Fresnel Lens Disposition: SENT TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1963; FOURTH ORDER LENS FROM ST. MARTIN'S REEF LIGHT STATION ON DISPLAY IN KEEPERS

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1855
Description: WOODEN WITH 45-FOOT FOCAL PLANE
Fate/Disposition: TORN DOWN IN 1870 AND REPLACED BY PRESENT TOWER

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO, REMOVED

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1902
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: ASST KEEPERS QUARTERS (1870); REMOVED/ORIG. FOG SIGNAL BLDG., 3 BARNS, CHICKEN HOUSE, WELL, BOATHOUSE, WELL HOUSE, OIL HOUSE

Current Use: MUSEUM IN NATIONAL FOREST

Owner/Manager: U.S. FOREST SERVICE

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #75000940
Name of Listing: POINT IROQUOIS LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD / GREAT LAKES TR) On State
List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
GUIDE TO ST. MARYS RIVER; SOO LOCKS CONNECTION BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND OTHER GREAT LAKES; PART OF HIAWATHA NATIONAL FOREST; REPLACED BY AUTOMATIC SIGNAL BEACON INSTALLED IN CHANNEL ACROSS THE BAY FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE; RENOVATION BEGUN 1983

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 30 2002 10:20:02 am EDT
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