Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Forty Mile Point Light

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FORTY MILE POINT LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: LAKE HURON
Nearest City: ROGERS CITY
County: PRESQUE ISLE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1897

Photo by Terry Pepper, September 2000

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1897
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1969
Foundation Materials: WOOD PILINGS
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 52
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER
Year Present Lens Installed: 1935
Height of Focal Plane: 66
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1897
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE (REMOVED)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1897
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: DUPLEX (ATTACHED)
Construction Materials: RED BRICK

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1897), 2 PRIVIES (1897), BARN (1896), BATH HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN COUNTY PARK

Owner/Manager: COUNTY OF PRESQUE ISLE W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84001830
Name of Listing: FORTY MILE POINT LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
CARETAKER IN RESIDENCE; KEEPERS QUARTERS UNDER RENOVATION AS A NAUTICAL MUSEUM TO OPEN IN 1994

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 23 2002 5:17:02 pm EDT
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