Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Spectacle Reef Light

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SPECTACLE REEF LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: STRAITS OF MACKINAC / LAKE HURON
Nearest City: BOIS BLANC ISLAND
County: CHEBOYGAN
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1870

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1998

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1874
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1972
Foundation Materials: CRIB
Construction Materials: LIMESTONE
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/RED TRIM
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 93
Original Optic: SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1874
Present Optic: SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 86
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS ON DISPLAY AT THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL
SOCIETY MUSEUM IN VERMILLION, OH
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed:
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
Fog Signal Type: AIR DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1874
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: STONE

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

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 USCG, SHPO CONCURRENCE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
EARLY EXAMPLE OF EXPOSED CRIB

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 30 2002 3:22:02 pm EDT
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