COPPER HARBOR
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: KEWEENAW PENINSULA/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: COPPER HARBOR
County: KEWEENAW
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1849
Existing Historic Tower
- Year Light First Lit: 1866
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1933
- Automated: 1919
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 62
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL
LENS ON DISPLAY AT FORT WILKINS HISTORICAL COMPLEX
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1848
Description: STONE MASONRY
Fate/Disposition: DISMANTLED; STONES SALVAGED FOR FOUNDATION OF
REPLACEMENT LIGHTHOUSE IN 1866
2. Construction Date: N/A
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? YES
- Year Tower Constructed: 1933
- Type: SKELETAL
- Tower Height: 60
- Height of Focal Plane: 90
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1866
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
Other Structures: DETACHED 1849 DWELLING WHICH SERVED AS STORAGE/OIL
HOUSE
Current Use: MUSEUM IN STATE PARK
Owner/Manager: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Web Site:
LINK
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses by Region for access information)
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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