Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Manistee (North Pierhead) Light

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MANISTEE (NORTH PIERHEAD) LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: MANISTEE RIVER ENTRANCE / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: MANISTEE
County: MANISTEE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1875

HABS/HAER photo by Charles Hyde, 1979

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1927
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1927
Foundation Materials: PIER
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 39
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1927
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: C.1970
Height of Focal Plane: 55
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): YES

Construction Date: 1869 / 1875
Description: TOWER ATOP SHORESIDE DWELLING / SKELETAL TOWER
Fate/Disposition: UNKNOWN / UNKNOWN

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN

Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN

Other Structures: CATWALK

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference # 90000718
Name of Listing: MANISTEE NORTH PIER
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: ?

Miscellaneous: THE NR NOMINATION INCLUDES THE PIER, THE CATWALK AND THE LIGHT TOWER; STATES IT IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR HISTORIC CATWALKS SURVIVING IN THE STATE.

Last Modified: Wed, Apr 27 2005 5:17:02 pm EDT
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