Munising Range

Type:
Year Established:
1908
Existing:
Yes
Munising Range
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1995
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
MUNISING BAY EAST CHANNEL/LAKE SUPERIOR
Latitude:
46° 24'
Longitude:
86° 39'
City / Town:
MUNISING
U.S. State:
Michigan
Location County:
ALGER
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Munising Range
  2. Munising Range
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1908
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK & CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
79
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
58
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK & FRAME
Other Structures:
SQUARE BRICK OIL HOUSE WITH STAMPED TIN ROOF, GARAGE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
LOCOMOTIVE STYLE HEADLAMPS
Original Optic Type:
ADAM & WESTLAKE Locomotive Headlight
Year Original Lens Installed:
1908
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Comments:

Historical Information:

  • 1905: Lighthouse Board requested an appropriation of $13,500 from Congress in order to erect a set of range lights in this location to replace the Grand Island Range lights. Congress ignored the request.
  • 1907: Congress approved $15,000 for the needed lights.
  • 1908: Steel towers lit for the first time.
  • 2002: Ownership transferred under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017