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SOUTH FOX ISLAND LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: APPROACH TO STRAITS OF MACKINAC / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: TRAVERSE CITY
County: LEELANAU
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1868
Existing Historic Tower:
  • Year Light First Lit: 1868
  • Is the Light Operational? NO
  • Date Deactivated: 1934
  • Automated:
  • Foundation Materials:
  • Construction Materials: BRICK
  • Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED TRIM
  • Shape: SQUARE - BADLY DETERIORATING
  • Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
  • Tower Height: 30
  • Original Optic:
  • Year Original Lens Installed:
  • Present Optic:
  • Year Present Lens Installed:
  • Height of Focal Plane:
  • Fresnel Lens Disposition:
  • Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES
  • Year Tower Constructed: 1934
  • Type: STEEL SKELETAL
  • Tower Height: 60
Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN

Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN
  • Year Constructed: 1868
  • Number of Stories:
  • Architectural Style:
  • Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures:

Current Use: ABANDONED

Owner/Manager: MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

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