Crisp Point

Year Established:
1904
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2008
Photo Credit:
Chad Kaiser
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
13 MILES W. OF WHITEFISH POINT/LAKE SUPERIOR
Latitude:
46° 45.2'
Longitude:
85° 15.3'
City / Town:
PARADISE
U.S. State:
Michigan
Location County:
LUCE
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. Crisp Point
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1947
Year Tower Established:
1904
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
POURED CONCRETE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
58
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
58
Tower Shape:
CONICAL ATTACHED TO ENTRANCE ROOM
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1904
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1904
Keeper's Quarters Style:
DUPLEX
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
ALL DEMOLISHED; ORIG. WHITE FRAME BOATHOUSE, BARN, BRICK OIL HOUSE, 2 OUTBUILDINGS

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
NONE
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1904
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017