EAGLE HARBOR | USLHS Digital Archive

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Type:

Light Station

Year Established:

1851

Existing:

Yes

Source:

LL-1901

Download:

Eagle Harbor MI 2009 TAT.jpeg (300.58 KB)

File Type:

jpeg (image/jpeg)

Photo Date:

2009

Photo Credit:

Thomas Tag

Photo Courtesy of:

US Lighthouse Society Archives

Collection / Donor:

National Park Service Inventory

LOCATION

Location:

WEST END OF HARBOR/LAKE SUPERIOR

Latitude:

47° 27'37"

Longitude:

88° 09'17"

City / Town:

EAGLE HARBOR

U.S. State:

Michigan

Location County:

KEWEENAW

Country:

United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:

Yes

Light List Data:

EAGLE HARBOR

Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:

1871

Tower Construction Material:

BRICK

Tower Foundation:

DRESSED STONE/TIMBER

Height of light above mean high water, in feet:

58 FT ABOVE WATER

Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:

38 FT

Tower Shape:

OCTAGONAL

Fog Signal Building?:

Yes

Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:

1895

Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:

STEEL FRAME

Keeper's Quarters?:

Yes

Year Keeper's Quarters:

1871

Keeper's Quarters Style:

ATTACHED TO TOWER

Keeper's Quarters Construction:

BRICK

Other Structures:

BRICK OIL HOUSE, 4 CEMENT BLOCK CAR GARAGES, 2 WOODEN ASST KEEPERS DWELLINGS (RELOCATED FROM LIFESAVING STATION ACROSS THE HARBOR), RADIO BEACON

OPTICS

Current Optic:

DCB-224

Original Optic Type:

FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL

Year Original Lens Installed:

1857

Private Aid:

USCG Access to Optics:

Yes