Otter Creek Point

Type:
Year Established:
1829
Existing:
No
Otter Creek Point (Reconstruction) .jpg
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
West End Lake Erie
Latitude:
45° 51.53'
Longitude:
83° 23.14'
City / Town:
MONROE
U.S. State:
Michigan
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1849
Disposition:
Sold then Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1829
Tower Construction Material:
STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
40 feet
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Tower Daymark:
Natural Stone whitewashed
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1829
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Split stone

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Eleven 14 inch REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed:
none
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

The Photograph is a reconstruction of what the lighthouse looked like from descriptions.

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