Saint Clair Flats South Channel Range Rear

Type:
Year Established:
1859
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1903
rear range lighthouse
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1904
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
OFF HARSENS ISL/LAKE ST. CLAIR
Latitude:
42° 31.1'
Longitude:
82° 41.2'
City / Town:
ALGONAC
U.S. State:
Michigan
Location County:
ST. CLAIR
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Saint Clair Flats South Channel Range Rear
  2. Saint Clair Flats South Channel Range Rear
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1907
Year Tower Established:
1859
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK/BLOCK
Tower Foundation:
WOODEN CRIB FILLED W/STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
44
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
37
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Tower Daymark:
Yellow
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1859
Keeper's Quarters Style:
ATTACHED TO REAR RANGE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
NONE
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER (REAR RANGE)
Year Original Lens Installed:
1859
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

Front tower height 28 feet above water and 23 feet bast to Focal Plane.

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017