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| Waugoshance Shoal Lighthouse, Waugoshance Island, MI (Lower Peninsula) |
*Dates of operation~~ 1851-1912
*Building Material~~ Brick encased w/ iron plate
*Tower~~ 76 feet
*Elevation~~
*Markings~~ Red and white horizontal stripes
*Light Pattern~~ Fixed white w/ white flash every 45 seconds
*Existing Buildings~~ Keeper's quarters (burned out shell integral to tower).
*Automated~~ N/A
*Original Lens~~ Fourth Order Fresnel
*Current Lens~~ None
*Open to Public?~~ No
*Current Owner~~ U. S. Coast Guard
*Waterway Location~~ Lake Michigan, western entrance to Straits of Mackinac
*Significant Feature~~ Inactive and abandoned for nearly 100 years, this is one of the
Great Lakes' most endangered lighthouses. A movement headed by the Waugoshance
Lighthouse Preservation Society is desperately attempting to save the lighthouse. The
first major crib structure built for a lighthouse on the Great Lakes. Replaced by White
Shoal and Gray's Reef Lights.
LINKS
Official Lighthouse Site
http://www.waugoshance.org/
National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/waugo.htm
Terry Pepper's lighthouse info and history
http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/waugoshance/waugoshance.htm
*Building Material~~ Brick encased w/ iron plate
*Tower~~ 76 feet
*Elevation~~
*Markings~~ Red and white horizontal stripes
*Light Pattern~~ Fixed white w/ white flash every 45 seconds
*Existing Buildings~~ Keeper's quarters (burned out shell integral to tower).
*Automated~~ N/A
*Original Lens~~ Fourth Order Fresnel
*Current Lens~~ None
*Open to Public?~~ No
*Current Owner~~ U. S. Coast Guard
*Waterway Location~~ Lake Michigan, western entrance to Straits of Mackinac
*Significant Feature~~ Inactive and abandoned for nearly 100 years, this is one of the
Great Lakes' most endangered lighthouses. A movement headed by the Waugoshance
Lighthouse Preservation Society is desperately attempting to save the lighthouse. The
first major crib structure built for a lighthouse on the Great Lakes. Replaced by White
Shoal and Gray's Reef Lights.
LINKS
Official Lighthouse Site
http://www.waugoshance.org/
National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/waugo.htm
Terry Pepper's lighthouse info and history
http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/waugoshance/waugoshance.htm
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