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TAWAS POINT (OTTAWA
POINT) LIGHT
Location: SAGINAW BAY/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: TAWAS CITY
County: IOSCO
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1853
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1876
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/GREY & RED TRIM
- Shape: CONICAL ATT TO KEEPERS BY PASSAGEWY
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 67
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 70
- 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
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials:
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1876
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: RED BRICK
Other Structures:
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN STATE PARK
Owner/Manager: STATE OF MICHIGAN W/U.S. COAST GUARD ACCESS TO OPTIC
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001453
Name of Listing: TAWAS POINT LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES
TR) On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1971
Miscellaneous:
IMPORTANT TO DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON LAKE HURON |
