Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Poe Reef Light

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POE REEF LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: STRAITS OF MACKINAC SOUTH CHANNEL / LAKE HURON
Nearest City: BENTON TOWNSHIP
County: CHEBOYGAN
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1893

NPS photo by Karmen Bisher, 2004

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1929
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE CRIB
Construction Materials: CONCRETE / STEEL
Markings/Patterns: WHITE & BLACK BANDS W/RED ROOF
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 60
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1929
Present Optic: ML 300 SERIES E
Year Present Lens Installed: UNKNOWN
Height of Focal Plane: 71
Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): NO; LIGHTSHIP STATION EST. IN 1893 -- MARKED BY LIGHTSHIPS NO. 62, NO. 59, NO. 96, & NO. 99

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES, INTEGRAL

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 # 05000985
Name of Listing: POE REEF LIGHT STATION (LIGHT STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 2005

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Oct 06 2006 9:30:00 am EDT
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