- Menominee Pier Light
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Menominee Pier Light 
Location Menominee, Michigan Coordinates 45°06′N 87°35′W / 45.1°N 87.583°WCoordinates: 45°06′N 87°35′W / 45.1°N 87.583°W Year first lit 1927 Automated 1972 Foundation Concrete pier Construction Cast iron Tower shape Octagonal Markings / pattern red Daymark with black lantern and white base Height Tower - 34 feet (10 m) Focal height Focal plane - 46 feet (14 m) Original lens Fourth Order Fresnel lens Current lens 300 mm Tideland Signal acrylic Range 10 nautical miles (19 km) Characteristic Fl R 4s ARLHS number USA-490 USCG number 7-21935 The Menominee North Pier lighthouse is located in the harbor of Menominee, Michigan. The station was established in 1877. The current structure and its still operational light was first lit in 1927, and automated in 1972.[1] It is also sometimes called the "Menominee (Marinette) North Pierhead Light".[2]
The foundation is a concrete pier. The 34-foot (10 m) tall octagonal cast iron building is marked in a distinctive red, with a black lantern and white base. A Fourth Order Fresnel lens was originally installed, but was replaced with a modern 300 mm. acrylic optic lens.[3] The original lens is now at Sand Point Light in Escanaba, Michigan.[4] The focal plane is 46 feet.[5]
The building originally had a diaphone fog signal structure attached, and it was later removed. The iron catwalk was removed in 1972 when the light was automated.[6]
This light is paired with a large rear range light.[7] That is denominated the Menominee (Marinette) North Pier light, and is also an active aid to navigation. Its focal plane 59 ft (18 m), and its characteristic is a continuous red light. The tower is a 50 ft (15 m) square pyramidal steel skeletal tower with gallery. It is painted red, and located on the Menominee North Pier about 600 ft (180 m) from the pierhead light.[8] It may be accessed by walking the pier. The site is open, but the tower is closed. U.S. Coast Guard. USCG 7-21940.[2]
Directions
US 41 enters Menominee and makes a 90 degree turn onto 10th Street (heading east to west) as it passes through downtown. Go east on 10th Street towards Lake Michigan to 1st street. Turn south onto 1st Street, then turn east onto Harbor Drive. Harbor Drive parallels the lakeshore, ending at a parking lot. A short walk on a wooden walkway leads to the large, flat breakwater.[9]References
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMI.asp.
- ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miup.htm.
- ^ Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, 300 mm. acrylic optic lens.
- ^ Wobser, David, Menoninee Pier Light at Boatnerds.com.
- ^ National Park Service, Maritime Herirage Inventory of Historic Lights, Menoninee Pier Light.
- ^ Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Menoninee Pier Light.
- ^ Lighthoues R US, Menoninee Pier Lights.
- ^ See the photo, National Park Service, Maritime Heritage Inventory of Historic Lights, Menoninee North Pier Light.
- ^ Lighthouse friends, Menoninee North Pier Light.
Undated USCG aerial photo, showing catwalk (since removed)
External links
Early undated USCG image of light and attached fog signal building- Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses.
- Interactive map of Lights in Northern Lake Michigan, mapped by Google.
- Lighthouse Central, Menominee North Pier Light, The Ultimate Guide to Upper Michigan Lighthouses by Jerry Roach.. (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - 2007). ISBN 978-0-9747977-2-4.
- Lighthouse depot, Menoninee Pier Light.
- Lighthouse friends, Menoninee North Pier Light.
- Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Menoninee North Pier Light.
- Map of Michigan Lighthouse in PDF Format.
- Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Menoninee Pier Light.
- National Park Service , Maritime Heritage Inventory of Historic Lights, Menoninee North Pier Light.
- Map of lighthouses in western Lake Michigan.
- (PDF) Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes. Light List. United States Coast Guard. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V7.pdf.
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