MANISTIQUE
(EAST BREAKWATER) LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: MANISTIQUE RIVER ENTRANCE/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: MANISTIQUE
County: SCHOOLCRAFT
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1915
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1917
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1969
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER
- Construction Materials: STEEL
- Markings/Patterns: RED W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 35
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 300 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 50
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
ON DISPLAY ON GROUND FLOOR OF ST. SIMONS LIGHTHOUSE, GEORGIA
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN
- Year Constructed:
- Number of Stories: 3
- Architectural Style: DUPLEX
- Construction Materials: STUCCO
Other Structures: RADIOBEACON
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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