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BIG SABLE
POINT (GRAND POINT AU SABLE) LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: EAST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: LUDINGTON
County: MASON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1867
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1867
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1968
- Foundation Materials: WOOD PILINGS
- Construction Materials: BRICK ENCASED IN IRON
PLATE
- Markings/Patterns: MIDDLE THIRD/TOP BLACK,
REMAINDER WHITE
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 112
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1867
- Present Optic: 300 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 106
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS TRANSFERRED
TO ROSE HAWLEY MUSEUM IN LUDINGTON
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (LOST TO EROSION 1941)
- Year Constructed: 1897
- Construction Materials:
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: ORIG. STEAM/LATER DIESEL
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (MODIFIED 1909 & 1948)
- Year Constructed: 1867
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: NONE/ORIG. OIL HOUSE, 2 GARAGES
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO BIG SABLE POINT
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
LINK
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #83004296
Name of Listing: BIG SABLE POINT LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT
LAKES TR) On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1988
Miscellaneous:
TOWER ENCASED IN IRON PLATE IN 1900 |
