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POINT
BETSIE LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: NEAR CRYSTAL LAKE ON LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: FRANKFORT
County: BENZIE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1858
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1858
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1984
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE WITH RED ROOF
- Shape: CYLINDRICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 37
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1858
- Present Optic:
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 52
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
LENS REMOVED 1996; PLANS ARE FOR IT TO BE DISPLAYED AT SLEEPING BEAR
DUNES NL
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials: CORRUGATED STEEL
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1894
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: HIP ROOF
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, 2 STORAGE BUILDINGS
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001375
Name of Listing: POINT BETSIE LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES
TR) On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1969
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