Fourteen Mile Point (ruins)

Year Established:
1894
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1901
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Lake Superior
Latitude:
46° 59'33"
Longitude:
89° 07'20"
City / Town:
ONTONOGAN
U.S. State:
Michigan
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Fourteen Mile Point (ruins)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1934
Disposition:
Burned by Vandals July 30, 1984
Year Tower Established:
1894
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
60 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
49 FT
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1894
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1894
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

BURNED IN 1984 FIRE


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018