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Middle Island Lighthouse
MIDDLE
ISLAND LIGHT
Location: BETWEEN THUNDER BAY ISLAND/PRESQUE ISLE/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: ALPENA
County: ALPENA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1905
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1905
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK AND STUCCO
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE WITH ORANGE BAND IN
MIDDLE
- Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO SERVICE ROOM
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 71
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic:
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1997
- Height of Focal Plane: 78
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: VANDALIZED IN 1960S
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1905
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
- Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1905
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style: DUPLEX
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, 2 BRICK PRIVIES, WOODEN WOODSHED/GARAGE
(1905), RUINS OF LIFESAVING STATION (1881)
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER)/MIDDLE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
KEEPERS ASSOCIATION (REMAINING STRUCTURES)
Open to the Public? YES, BY APPOINTMENT
Web Site:
National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY USCG, SHPO CONCURRENCE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
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RESTORATION IN 1999 |
