 POVERTY
ISLAND LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: POVERTY ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: FAIRPORT
County: DELTA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1874
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1874
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: 1976-1982
- Automated: 1957
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: CONICAL W/OUT LANTERN
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 60
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1874
- Present Optic: 300 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1982
- Height of Focal Plane: 80
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? YES
- Year Tower Constructed: 1976
- Type: SKELETAL
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials: CORRUGATED STEEL
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: SIREN
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed:
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style:
- Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME/BRICK
Other Structures: CISTERN, STORAGE BUILDING, PIER
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION WITHIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE
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 SHPO
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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