Menominee (North Pier)

Type:
Year Established:
1877
Existing:
Yes
Menominee (North Pier)
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US Lighthouse Society Archives
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LOCATION

Location:
LAKE MICHIGAN
Latitude:
45° 5'
Longitude:
87° 35'
City / Town:
MENOMINEE
U.S. State:
Michigan
Location County:
MENOMINEE
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Menominee (North Pier)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1927
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
PIER/CONCRETE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
46
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
34
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Tower Daymark:
Red
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Keeper's Quarters Style:
DUPLEX
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
300 MM
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1877
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1972
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

Historical Information:

  • 1877: A wooden lighthouse was built on the pierhead at Menominee Harbor. 
  • 1898: Steam fog signal and building were added.
  • 1927: A cast iron lighthouse was installed on the north pier of the Harbor. It was 37 feet tall, white and housed a Fourth Order Fresnel lens. A raised wooden catwalk to keep the keepers from being washed out to sea when the waves would wash over the pier.
  • While the exact date is unknown, at some point the wooden pier was replaced with a concrete structure which included a forty foot diameter crib under the lighthouse and the fog signal building was dismantled.
  • 1972: The light was automated and the catwalk was removed. The lighthouse was placed on a white base and painted bright red. The light remains an active aid to navigation and is not open to the public.
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017