Port Clinton IL

Year Established:
1856
Existing:
No
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Courtesy of:
Highland Park Historical Society

LOCATION

Location:
Lake Michigan
Latitude:
42° 11.07'
Longitude:
87° 47.40'
City / Town:
HIGHLAND PARK
U.S. State:
Illinois
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1859
Disposition:
Discontinued with Drop in Commerce at Port Clinton
Year Tower Established:
1856
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Tower Shape:
Spherical W/HEXAGONAL LANTERN
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1856
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
NONE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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