 WHITE RIVER
LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: WHITE LAKE CHANNEL/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: FRUITLAND
County: MUSKEGON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1875
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1875
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1960
- Automated: 1945
- Foundation Materials: LIMESTONE
- Construction Materials: LIMESTONE
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: OCTAGONAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 38
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1875
- Present Optic: REMOVED TO MUSEUM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
LENS ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUM IN KEEPERS
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1876
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: LIMESTONE
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (CIRCA 1875), GARAGE, WORKSHOP/STORAGE
BUILDING
Current Use: MUSEUM
Owner/Manager: FRUITLAND TOWNSHIP/GREAT LAKES MARINE MUSEUM
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
LINK
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING Reference #80004834
Name of Listing: HISTORIC ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SITES IN MICHIGAN TR
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
LIFESAVING STATION ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE CHANNEL FROM LIGHT IN 1875 |
