National Park Service
Return to Maritime home page
Inventory of Historic Light Stations
Michigan Lighthouses
Back to Inventory - Home Page
Back to Inventory - List of Michigan Lighthouses
AU SABLE LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: GRAND MARAIS
County: ALGER
Year Station Established: 1874

 Au Sable Light
Photos courtesy Chris Case
Existing Historic Tower:
  • Year Existing Historic Tower Constructed: 1874
  • Is the Light Operational? YES
  • Date Deactivated: N/A
  • Year Automated: 1958
  • Foundation Materials: WOOD PILINGS
  • Construction Materials: BRICK
  • Markings/Patterns: WHITE WITH BLACK LANTERN
  • Shape: CONICAL
  • Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
  • Tower Height: 87/Height of Focal Plane: 107
  • Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL (1874)
  • Present Optic: 300 MM, SOLAR POWERED (1958)
  • Lens Dispostion: THIRD ORDER LENS ON DISPLAY IN LANTERN SINCE 1996
Modern Tower? NO

Existing Fog Signal Building? YES
  • Year Constructed: 1897; Construction Materials: BRICK
  • Fog Signal Type: REMOVED / ORIGINAL: STEAM WHISTLE, AIR HORN
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (CONVERTED TO DUPLEX IN1909)
  • Year Constructed: 1874
  • Number of Stories: 2
  • Architectural Style: DUPLEX
  • Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: STEEL OIL HOUSE (1915), 2ND BRICK KEEPERS (1909), KEROSENE STORAGE SHED (1895), 2 BRICK PRIVIES (1874/1909), WOODEN BOATHOUSE AND WOODSHED (1875), BRICK CISTERN, 2 VEHICLE WOOD FRAME GARAGE (1954)

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK

Open to the Public? YES; GROUNDS OPEN DAILY / GUIDED TOURS DURING SUMMER National Register Status: LISTED
Name of Listing: AU SABLE LIGHT STATION

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES MI-317

Miscellaneous:
CALLED BIG SABLE LIGHT UNTIL 1910; STATION RESTORED TO ITS 1909-1910 APPEARANCE.
1978 HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT (Please note that this publication is in PDF format and because of its size might take several minutes to load.)



Return to Maritime home page



Last Modified: Wed, June 15 2005 10:56:02 am EDT
JMP


Privacy & Disclaimer

Parknet logo