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P.O. Box 973 Fenton, MI. 48430 (810) 750-9236 Telephone |
Michigan
Lighthouse Conservancy |
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Coast Guard 44 foot Motor Life Boat restoration (44376) ARTIFACTS WANTED: MLC is seeking them. Gull Rock Lighthouse Restoration Project |
Welcome to the Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy website and thank you for visiting. Our web site contains information about lighthouses and life saving stations located in Michigan. Links to other related sites outside of Michigan are also presented where they are appropriate. The Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy is a registered IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation in the state of Michigan. For more details on the conservancy please visit the organization and membership information. This site contains basic information on each Michigan lighthouse in the Light List and links to local preservation groups if they have a web site or where to call or write for more information. Lighthouse history basic facts are presented with old lighthouse photographs and then how it looks today to see what changes have happened over the years. A comprehensive history can be read on each lighthouse at Terry Pepper's web site. We didn't want to try and duplicate a good thing that already exists. One key feature of this site is the Light Keeper's Tools section which features the tools that lighthouse keepers used on a regular basis. No other source of this information is available in one place as presented here on this web site. Fresnel lenses and other educational information are contained throughout this site. U.S. Life Saving Stations are also a feature of this site since most were located at or near lighthouses. They were the rescuers when ships were in distress. The Life Saving Service pre-dates the modern day United States Coast Guard. Learn about the Life Saving Service from that section of the site. |
In the future we will feature a section on life saver's tools to help you understand what type of equipment they used to do their daily jobs. This will be the only site dedicated to these tools. This will be added in 2004. We are always looking for donations to help restore lighthouses and life saving stations. We are in desperate need of funding to help our application process. Please donate now to help these historic structures. Please send in a check. We are working on getting a PayPal account to take donations electronically as well. LAST UPDATE: May, 2008 2008 Great Lakes Regional Lighthouse Conference June 11-13. Register now for the conference. This is a direct link to the conference web site and page. Ladies of the Lights: Michigan women in the US Lighthouse Service exhibit opens from January 14-June 27, 2008 at the Michigan Women's Historical Center in Lansing Michigan. See lighthouse artifacts on display and learn about Michigan's first female lighthouse keeper, Catherine Shook. See more in our news section. 1909 US Life Saving Service lifeboat was saved from being destroyed and was donated to the conservancy for preservation. District inspectors stopwatch and depot watchman's rattle added to Keeper's Tools. |
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