Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Ohio Lighthouses--South Bass Island Light

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SOUTH BASS ISLAND LIGHT

State: OHIO
Location: SOUTH BASS ISLAND / WESTERN LAKE ERIE
Nearest City: PUT-IN-BAY
County: OTTAWA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1897

Photo courtesy of John R. Kleberg,
Ohio State University

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1897
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1962
Automated:
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: RED BRICK W/WHITE LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE W/TEN-SIDED LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 60
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1897
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 74
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER LENS ON DISPLAY AT THE LAKE ERIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM, SOUTH BASS ISLAND
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES

Type: WHITE SKELETAL

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1897
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: QUEEN ANNE
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: WOOD FRAME BARN/CHICKEN HOUSE (1899), IRON OIL STORAGE HOUSE (1897)

Current Use: OLD TOWER IS PART OF A BIOLOGICAL REASEARCH FACILITY / NEW TOWER IS ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OLD TOWER) / U.S. COAST GUARD (NEW TOWER)

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #90000473
Name of Listing: SOUTH BASS ISLAND LIGHT (LIGHT STATIONS OF OHIO MPS)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Mon, Aug 14 2006 1:56:02 pm EDT
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