Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Ludington North Breakwater Light

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LUDINGTON NORTH BREAKWATER LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: PERE MARQUETTE HARBOR / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: LUDINGTON
County: MASON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1871

Photo by Terry Pepper, September 2000

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1924
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1972
Foundation Materials: WOODEN CRIB FILLED WITH ROCK AND CONCRETE
Construction Materials: STEEL/REINFORCED CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 57
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1924
Present Optic: MODERN, GREEN
Year Present Lens Installed: 2006
Height of Focal Plane: 55
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ON DISPLAY AT WHITE PINE VILLAGE MARITIME MUSEUM IN LUDINGTON
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): VARIOUS BEACONS OCCUPIED THE SOUTH BREAKWATER BEGINNING IN THE 1870'S

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES, INTEGRAL TO TOWER

Original Fog Signal Type: TYPE F DIAPHONE
Current Fog Signal Type: FA-232

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: CITY OF LUDINGTON

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference # 05000982
Name of Listing: LUDINGTON NORTH BREAKWATER LIGHT (LIGHT STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 2005

Miscellaneous:
RENOVATED BY COAST GUARD 1993; MAY '06 OPTIC CHANGED FROM WHITE TO GREEN; TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF LUDINGTON IN 2006 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT.

Last Modified: Mon, Oct 02 2006 5:00:00 pm EDT
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