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The outer pierhead light
GRAND HAVEN
SOUTH PIERHEAD LIGHTS
State: MICHIGAN
Location: GRAND RIVER/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: GRAND HAVEN
County: OTTAWA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1839
First Historic Tower (INNER LIGHT):
- Year Light First Lit: 1905
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1969
- Foundation Materials: PIER
- Construction Materials: CAST IRON
- Markings/Patterns: RED
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 51
- Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 250 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 52
- Has tower been moved? NO
Second Historic Tower (OUTER LIGHT):
- Year Light First Lit: 1905
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1969
- Foundation Materials: STONE PIER
- Construction Materials: CAST IRON OVER WOOD
FRAME
- Markings/Patterns: RED
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 36
- Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 190 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 42
- Has tower been moved? YES, 1905
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER LENS GIVEN TO TRI-CITY
MUSEUM, GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1875
Description: MOVED IN 1905 AND SHEATHED IN IRON IN 1922
Fate/Disposition:
2. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1875
- Construction Materials: WOOD/CAST IRON
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL W/OUTER LIGHT
TOWER
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN
- Year Constructed:
- Number of Stories:
- Architectural Style:
- Construction Materials:
Other Structures: ELEVATED WALKWAY "CATWALK"
Current Use: ACTIVE AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY USCG, SHPO CONCURRENCE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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