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      SKILLAGALEE 
      (ILE AUX GALETS) LIGHT  
      State: MICHIGAN 
      Location: SW OF WAUGOSHANCE ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN  
      Nearest City: CROSS VILLAGE 
      County: EMMET 
      U.S.C.G. District: 9 
      Year Station Established: 1850 
      Existing Historic Tower: 
      
        - Year Light First Lit: 1888 
 
        - Is the Light Operational? YES 
 
        - Date Deactivated: N/A 
 
        - Automated: 
 
        - Foundation Materials: STONE 
 
        - Construction Materials: BRICK 
 
        - Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
        
 
        - Shape: OCTAGONAL 
 
        - Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
        
 
        - Tower Height: 58 
 
        - Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 
 
        - Year Original Lens Installed: 
 
        - Present Optic: 300 MM 
 
        - Year Present Lens Installed: 
 
        - Height of Focal Plane: 58 
 
        - Fresnel Lens Disposition: 
 
        - Has tower been moved? NO 
 
       
      Previous Tower(s): 
      1. Construction Date:  
      Description:  
      Fate/Disposition: 
      Modern Tower? NO 
      Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (DEMOLISHED 1969) 
      Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1969) 
      Other Structures: NONE--ALL BUT TOWER RAZED 
      Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION 
      Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD 
      Open to the Public? NO  
      Web Site:  
      National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001389 
      Name of Listing: SKILLAGALEE LIGHT STATION  
      On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed: 
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