Gray Day Manistique Lighthouse is a photograph by Merridy Jeffery which was uploaded on May 29th, 2013.
Title
Gray Day Manistique Lighthouse
Artist
Merridy Jeffery
Medium
Photograph - Print
Description
MANISTIQUE (EAST BREAKWATER) LIGHT
[Info lifted from U.S. Coast Guard web site:
http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMI.asp/]
MANISTIQUE RIVER ENTRANCE/LAKE MICHIGAN
Station Established: 1915
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1917
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1969
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER
Construction Materials: STEEL
Tower Shape: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Markings/Pattern: RED W/BLACK LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Historical Information:
1892 � Lighthouse Board recommended a light at this location.
1917 � Pierhead light constructed on end of east pier. It was originally painted white � then the color was later changed to red.
1969 � Light automated.
2000 � Corps of Engineers replaced the breakwater with rip-rap.
Keepers:
Charles Corlette (1914 � 1920)
Walter Ottesen (1920 � 1940)
William Keller (1947 � 1949)
Anton Jessen, Jr. (1949 � 1951)
Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
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May 29th, 2013
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