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WHITE SHOAL
LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: NW OF WAUGOSHANCE ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: MACKINAW CITY
County: EMMET
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1891
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1910
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1976
- Foundation Materials: TIMBER CRIB/CONCRETE PIER
- Construction Materials: TERRA COTTA/STEEL
W/BRICK LINING
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE/ORIG. RED AND WHITE
SPIRAL BANDS
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 121
- Original Optic: SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 190 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 125
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: ON DISPLAY AT MUSEUM
AT WHITEFISH POINT LIGHTHOUSE, MI
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1891
Description: LIGHTSHIP NO. 56
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1910
- Number of Stories:
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: STEEL
Other Structures: NONE
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001391
Name of Listing: WHITE SHOAL LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES
TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous: ONE OF FIRST THREE LIGHTSHIP STATIONS IN GREAT
LAKES; CONSTRUCTION WAS MAJOR ENGINEERING FEAT BECAUSE OF ISOLATED
LOCATION; ONLY RED/WHITE BARBER POLE STRIPED IN U.S. |
