PORTAGE RIVER (JACOBSVILLE)
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: PORTAGE RIVER ENTRANCE/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: JACOBSVILLE
County: HOUGHTON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1856
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1870
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1900
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/RED LANTERN
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 45
- Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic:
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 65
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1870
- Number of Stories: 1
- Architectural Style:
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures:
Current Use: PRIVATE RESIDENCE
Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER
Open to the Public? NO
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING Reference #80004825
Name of Listing: HISTORIC ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SITES IN MICHIGAN TR
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
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