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| Split Rock Lighthouse, Beaver Bay, MN |
*Dates of operation~~ 1910-1969
*Building Material~~ Brick and reinforced concrete
*Tower~~ 54 feet
*Elevation~~ 130 feet above lake level
*Markings~~ Buff brick w/ white cornice and black lantern
*Light Pattern~~ White flash every 10 seconds
*Existing Buildings~~ Three keeper's dwellings, sound building, oil house, Two storage
barns/garages, tram house, pumphouse
*Automated~~ 1940
*Original Lens~~ Third Order Fresnel (bivalve)
*Current Lens~~ Original lens still in place
*Open to Public?~~ Yes
*Current Owner~~ State of Minnesota lease to Minnesota Historical Society
*Waterway Location~~ Lake Superior
*Significant Feature~~ The beacon is lit only once per year, on October 10, in memory of
the 29 crewmen who lost their lives in the famed Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck.
LINKS
Official Lighthouse Site
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/srl/
National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/split.htm
Terry Pepper's lighthouse history and info page
http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/splitrock/splitrock.htm
Photos of interior and exterior of lighthouse
http://www.minnesotageek.net/gallery/splitrock
*Building Material~~ Brick and reinforced concrete
*Tower~~ 54 feet
*Elevation~~ 130 feet above lake level
*Markings~~ Buff brick w/ white cornice and black lantern
*Light Pattern~~ White flash every 10 seconds
*Existing Buildings~~ Three keeper's dwellings, sound building, oil house, Two storage
barns/garages, tram house, pumphouse
*Automated~~ 1940
*Original Lens~~ Third Order Fresnel (bivalve)
*Current Lens~~ Original lens still in place
*Open to Public?~~ Yes
*Current Owner~~ State of Minnesota lease to Minnesota Historical Society
*Waterway Location~~ Lake Superior
*Significant Feature~~ The beacon is lit only once per year, on October 10, in memory of
the 29 crewmen who lost their lives in the famed Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck.
LINKS
Official Lighthouse Site
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/srl/
National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/split.htm
Terry Pepper's lighthouse history and info page
http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/splitrock/splitrock.htm
Photos of interior and exterior of lighthouse
http://www.minnesotageek.net/gallery/splitrock
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