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MENDOTA (BETE GRISE)
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: MENDOTA SHIP CHANNEL/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: BETE GRISE
County: KEWEENAW
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1870
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1895
- Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO
NAVIGATION)
- Date Deactivated: 1960-1998
- Automated: 1933
- Foundation Materials:
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: YELLOW W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 44
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1895
- Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1998
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS
RESTORED AND PLACED IN LANTERN
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1870
Description: WOODEN TOWER
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower?
Existing Sound Signal Building?
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1895
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style: T-SHAPED
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, 2-STORY BARN, PRIVY, BOATHOUSE, 2 DOCKS
Current Use: PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION/PRIVATE RESIDENCE
Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER
Open to the Public? YES (BY APPOINTMENT)
Non-NPS Web Site:
Link
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING Reference #80004840
Name of Listing: HISTORIC ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SITES IN MICHIGAN TR
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BY PIERHEAD LIGHTS 1960 |
