Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Lansing Shoal Light

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LANSING SHOAL LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: NAUBINWAY
County: MACKINAC
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1900

NPS photo by Karmen Bisher, 2004

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1928
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1976
Foundation Materials: CRIB (CONCRETE AND STEEL)
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE/STEEL
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1928
Present Optic: VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: UNKNOWN
Height of Focal Plane: 69
Fresnel Lens Disposition: THIRD ORDER LENS ON DISPLAY AT MICHIGAN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN LANSING, MICHIGAN
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): SINCE 1900 SERVED BY LIGHTSHIPS NO. 55 AND NO. 98

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES, INTEGRAL

Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES, INTEGRAL; BASEMENT WITHIN PIER CONTAINS 4 BEDROOMS FOR KEEPERS

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference # 05000979
Name of Listing: LANSING SHOALS LIGHT STATION (LIGHT STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:2005

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Thu, Oct 05 2006 12:39:00 pm EDT
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