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Lighthouse before its current paint job of black and white.
POE REEF
LIGHT
Location: STRAITS OF MACKINAC SOUTH CHANNEL/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: CHEBOYGAN
County: MACKINAC
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1893
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1929
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1974
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE CRIB
- Construction Materials: CONCRETE
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE & BLACK BANDS W/RED
ROOF
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 60
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 375 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 71
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1893
Description: LIGHTSHIP STATION; MARKED BY LIGHTSHIPS NO. 62, NO. 59, NO.
96, & NO. 99
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1929
- Number of Stories: 3
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
- Construction Materials: CONCRETE
Other Structures: NONE
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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