Type:
Year Established:
1867
Existing:
Yes
Download:
Sand Point Escanaba MI 1867 Drive.jpeg (262.74 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2004
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
WEST SHORE LITTLE BAY DE NOC/LAKE MICHIGAN
Latitude:
45° 45.0'
Longitude:
87° 02.0'
City / Town:
ESCANABA
U.S. State:
Michigan
Location County:
DELTA
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1939
Year Tower Established:
1867
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
44
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
41
Tower Shape:
SQUARE W/OCTAGONAL LANTERN
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1867
Keeper's Quarters Style:
ATTACHED
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
OPTICS
Current Optic:
FOURTH ORDER
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1868
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
Replaced with Escanaba Harbor Light