 GRAYS REEF
LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: GRAYS REEF EAST CHANNEL/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: ST. IGNACE
County: EMMET
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1891
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1936
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1976
- Foundation Materials: SUBMERGED STONE/CONCRETE
CRIB
- Construction Materials: REINFORCED
CONCRETE/STEEL
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: OCTAGONAL ON SQUARE DWELLING
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 65
- Original Optic: THIRD AND HALF ORDER FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 190 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 82
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
THIRD AND HALF ORDER LENS ON DISPLAY AT HARSHA HOUSE MUSEUM, CHARLEVOIX,
MICHIGAN
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1891
Description: LIGHTSHIPS NO. 57, NO. 56, AND NO. 99
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1936
- Number of Stories:
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
- Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
Other Structures: RADIOBEACON
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 USCG, SHPO CONCURRENCE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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