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MINNEAPOLIS SHOAL LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: 10 MILES S. OF PENINSULA POINT / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: ESCANABA
County: DELTA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1935

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1935
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1979
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER ON CONCRETE CRIB
Construction Materials: STEEL/REINFORCED CONCRETE
Markings/Patterns: CREAM COLORED
Shape: OCTAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 70
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: UNKNOWN
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 82
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1935
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference # 06001025
Name of Listing: MINNEAPOLIS SHOAL LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Wed, Jan 3 2007 4:29:02 pm EDT
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