Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
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| Place: | Christmas (Michigan) , Michigan | |
| Location: | Michigan , United States | |
| Geographical location: | 46 ° 26 '12 " N , 86 ° 41' 28" W | |
| Fire height : | 21st | |
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| Optics: | Sixth order Fresnel lens | |
| Operating time: | 1914-1969 | |
| International ordinal number: | USA-1080 ( ARLHS ) / 7-14597 ( USCG ) | |
The Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light is a lighthouse off Michigan State Route 28 near Christmas , Michigan . It is also known as the Bay Furnace Rear Range Light . The lighthouse was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1990 . It no longer serves as an active navigation sign .
history
The two Grand Island Range Lights were first put into operation in 1868. The original front row lighthouse was a wooden pyramid on which a sixth category Fresnel lens was mounted. The original lighthouse in the back row was 150 meters behind the front lighthouse and had a comparable Fresnel lens in a wooden tower that rose above the lighthouse keeper's wooden house.
By 1914 these first wooden frame constructions were pretty rotten, so both were replaced. The new beacon on the bank stood on a seven meter high steel mast. A new, automated navigation mark in the back row was also built around 230 m behind. This was done as part of a broad-based program to replace almost all navigation marks at port entrances on wooden structures with steel ones. It was a 19.5 high tower, the upper half of which was painted white and previously part of a lighthouse on the Vidal Shoals near Sault Ste. Marie was. The Fresnel lenses were replaced with 350mm glass lenses in 1939 that still used acetyl gas. The front lighthouse was replaced in 1968 by a steel barrel construction; both lighthouses were decommissioned in 1969.
description
The Rear Range Light, built in 1914, is a conical steel tower with a height of 19.5 m and a round appearance. The lighthouse is one of the tallest built from riveted steel plates on the Great Lakes . The tower stands on a concrete foundation ; access is through a metal door at the base of the tower. A spiral staircase leads up to the light. The lower part of the tower is painted black, the upper part of the tower is white, except for the room in which the beacon is located. This part is painted black.
sightseeing
The lighthouse is located about six kilometers west of the Munising Range Light , about eight hundred meters east of Christmas. The interior of the lighthouse cannot be visited, but a hiking trail leads to the base of the tower.
Web links
- Marinas.com: Grand Island West Channel Rear Range Lighthouse . Aerial view
- Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy: Grand Island Harbor Range Lighthouse (Bay Furnace)
- United States Forest Service : Grand Island Harbor Range Light (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Historic Light Station Information & Photography, Michigan ( English ) United States Coast Guard . Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ a b Terry Pepper: Grand Island Range Lights ( English ) In: Seeing the Light . Archived from the original on November 9, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e f Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light ( English ) State of Michigan. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ a b GRAND ISLAND HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS ( English ) United States Forest Service . Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ Pepper, Terry: Database of Tower Designs ( English ) In: Seeing the Light . terrypepper.com. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light ( English ) In: Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Lights . National Park Service . Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ Kraig Anderson: Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light ( English ) Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ Publicly accessible lights in Michigan ( English ) In: Maritime Heritage Project . National Park System. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
