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BOIS BLANC
ISLAND LIGHT (OLD)
Location: STRAITS OF MACKINAC/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: MACKINAC ISLAND
County: CHEBOYGAN
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1829
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1867
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1924
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials:
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/WHITE LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 38
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1867
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 53
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1829
Description: 65-FOOT MASONRY TOWER WITH 13 LAMPS AND REREFLECTORS,
SEPARATE FROM DWELLING
Fate/Disposition: TOWER FELL DOWN DURING DEC. 9, 1837 STORM
2. Construction Date: 1839
Description: 30-FOOT MASONRY TOWER WITH 9 LAMPS AND 14-INCH
REFLECTORS (FOURTH ORDER LENS INSTALLED 1857)
Fate/Disposition: DEMOLISHED
Modern Tower? YES
- Year Tower Constructed: 1941
- Type:
- Tower Height: 17
- Height of Focal Plane: 32
- Current Optic: SOLAR POWERED Year Installed:
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials:
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: NONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1867
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
Other Structures: BRICK OIL SHED, BRICK OUTHOUSE, CEMENT BOATHOUSE
ON SOUTH SIDE OF ISLAND
Current Use: PRIVATELY OWNED
Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER
Open to the Public? NO
National Register Status: NONE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1974
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