Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Poverty Island Light

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POVERTY ISLAND LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: POVERTY ISLAND / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: FAIRPORT
County: DELTA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1874

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1874
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1976-1982
Automated: 1957
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CONICAL W/OUT LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 60
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1874
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1982
Height of Focal Plane: 80
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1976
Type: SKELETAL

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed:
Construction Materials: CORRUGATED STEEL
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: SIREN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME/BRICK

Other Structures: CISTERN, STORAGE BUILDING, PIER

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION WITHIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

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:

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 19 2002 1:26:02 pm EDT
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