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Grosse Isle North Channel Front Range Light
GROSSE ISLE
NORTH CHANNEL RANGE FRONT LIGHT
Location: DETROIT RIVER
Nearest City: TRENTON
County: WAYNE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1894
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1906
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1963
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER
- Construction Materials: WOOD
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: OCTAGONAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 50
- Original Optic:
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1894
Description: FOUR-SIDED WOODEN PYRAMID ON OPEN WOOD PILING, SIDES WERE
CLOSED IN WITH SIX-SIDED WOODEN LANTERN ON TOP OF PYRAMID
Fate/Disposition: REMOVED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 1906 TOWER
Modern Tower?
Existing Sound Signal Building?
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES, OFF SITE (PRIVATELY OWNED)
- Year Constructed:
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
- Construction Materials: WOOD
Other Structures:
Current Use:
Owner/Manager: GROSSE ILE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING Reference #80004863
Name of Listing: HISTORIC ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SITES IN MICHIGAN TR
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
REAR RANGE LOST BEFORE 1940; GIHS ALSO OWNS DETROIT RIVER LIVINGSTONE
CHANNEL ORIG LIGHT TOWERS NO. 25 AND 26 WHICH CAN BE VIEWED ON
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