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St. James Lighthouse
ST. JAMES
(BEAVER ISLAND HARBOR) LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: WESTERN APPROACH MACKINAC STRAITS/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: ST. JAMES
County: CHARLEVOIX
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1852
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1870
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1927
- Foundation Materials:
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE (ORIG. YELLOW)
- Shape: CYLINDRICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 41
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1870
- Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 38
- 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
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DISMANTLED WWII)
Other Structures: NONE
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO TOWN OF ST. JAMES
Open to the Public? NO
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:
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