Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Manitou Island Light

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MANITOU ISLAND LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: OFF KEEWANAU PENINSULA / LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: COPPER HARBOR
County: KEWEENAW
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1850

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1861
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1978
Foundation Materials: DESTROYED BY EROSION
Construction Materials: IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: SKELETAL W/CENTRAL COLUMN
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 80
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1861
Present Optic: 190 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 81
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN

Year Constructed:
Construction Materials:
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: WHISTLE

Existing Keepers Quarters?

Year Constructed: 1861
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: RECTANGULAR FRAME
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: BOATHOUSE; SKELETAL TOWER ATTACHED TO HOUSE VIA ENCLOSED PASSAGEWAY

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: KEWEENAW LAND TRUST

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84001773
Name of Listing: MANITOU ISLAND LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
ALONG WITH WHITEFISH POINT IS OLDEST SKELETAL TOWER ON GREAT LAKES; PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GROWTH OF MICHIGAN COPPER INDUSTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE KEWEENAW LAND TRUST IN 2004 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT.

Last Modified: Tues, Dec 27 2005 3:03:02 pm EDT
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