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MUSKEGON
SOUTH BREAKWATER LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: HARBOR ENTRANCE/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: MUSKEGON
County: MUSKEGON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1851
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1903
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: PIER
- Construction Materials: CAST IRON
- Markings/Patterns: RED
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 53
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 300 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 70
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1851
Description: WOODEN TOWER ON KEEPERS DWELLING
Fate/Disposition: MAIN LIGHT REBUILT 1871 AND NEW SOUTH PIER LIGHT BUILT
1871
2. Construction Date: 1871
Description: TOWER ON KEEPERS DWELLING
Fate/Disposition: DISCONTIUED 1903 AND LIGHT MOVED TO INNER END OF
SOUTH PIER
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN
- Year Constructed: 1899
- Construction Materials: FRAME
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? UNKNOWN
- Year Constructed:
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style:
- Construction Materials: WOOD
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, RADIOBEACON
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY SHPO
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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