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Fourteen Foot Shoal Lighthouse
FOURTEEN
FOOT SHOAL LIGHT
Location: CHEBOYGAN HARBOR ENTRANCE/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: CHEBOYGAN
County: CHEBOYGAN
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1930
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1930
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: PNEUMATIC/SUB
- Construction Materials: REINFORCED
CONCRETE/STEEL
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED TRIM
- Shape: CONICAL ON RECTANGULAR HOUSE
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height:
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 250 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 55
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1930
- Construction Materials: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1930
- Construction Materials: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
- Architectural Style:
Other Structures: NONE
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY SHPO
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
FOG SIGNAL WAS OPERATED BY RADIO CONTROL--AN EARLY EXPERIMENT IN
OFF-SITE OPERATIONS |
