KEWEENAW WATERWAY
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: PORTAGE RIVER ENTRANCE/PORTAGE LAKE/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: JACOBSVILLE
County: HOUGHTON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1868
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1920
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1973
- Foundation Materials: CRIB
- Construction Materials: BRICK/REIN. CONCRETE
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: OCTAGONAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 31
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 68
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building?
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials: INTEGRAL
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: HORN
Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN
- Year Constructed:
- Number of Stories:
- Architectural Style:
- Construction Materials:
Other Structures: RADIOBEACON
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY SHPO
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
ALSO KNOWN AS PORTAGE LAKE LOWER ENTRANCE LIGHT |
