Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Thunder Bay Island Light

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THUNDER BAY ISLAND LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: SOUTHEAST END THUNDER BAY ISLAND / LAKE HURON
Nearest City: ALPENA
County: ALPENA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1832

NPS photo by James P. Delgado, 1990

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1832
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1980
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL (MODIFIED 1857)
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 50
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 190 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 69
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1892
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style: RECTANGULAR
Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1868
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: RECTANGULAR (ATTACHED)
Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING, BOATHOUSE, DOCK (WEST SIDE OF ISLAND)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO THUNDER BAY ISLAND PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site: LINK

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84001371
Name of Listing: THUNDER BAY ISLAND LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST
GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
1832 TOWER HEIGHTENED 1857; ISLAND PROVIDES NESTING FOR COLONIAL NESTING MIGRATORY BIRDS; BOTH STATE AND FEDERALLY-LISTED ENDANGERED SPECIES FOUND ON THE ISLAND

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 30 2002 4:29:02 pm EDT
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