GRAND MARAIS RANGE
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: GRAND MARAIS HARBOR/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: GRAND MARIAS
County: ALGER
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1908
First Historic Tower: (FRONT OR OUTER RANGE)
- Year Light First Lit: 1908
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated:
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER
- Construction Materials: STEEL
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: SKELETAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 34
- Original Optic:
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic:
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Second Historic Tower: (REAR OR INNER RANGE)
- Year Light First Lit: 1908
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated:
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
- Construction Materials: CAST IRON
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: SKELETAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEP
- Tower Height: 55
- Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 53
- Has tower been moved? NO
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials:
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: HORN
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1908
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style:
- Construction Materials: BRICK OVER FRAME
Other Structures:
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/KEEPERS IS A MUSEUM
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/KEEPERS OWNED BY NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE AND LEASED TO GRAND MARAIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing: INNER RANGE DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY SHPO
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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