SOUTH BASS ISLAND

Year Established:
1897
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1901
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2006
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
SOUTH BASS ISLAND/WESTERN LAKE ERIE
Latitude:
41° 37'47"
Longitude:
82° 50'31"
City / Town:
PUT-IN-BAY
U.S. State:
Ohio
Location County:
OTTAWA
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. SOUTH BASS ISLAND
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1962
Year Tower Established:
1897
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
60.5 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
40 FT
Tower Shape:
SQUARE W/TEN-SIDED LANTERN
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1897
Keeper's Quarters Style:
QUEEN ANNE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
WOOD FRAME BARN/CHICKEN HOUSE (1899), IRON OIL STORAGE HOUSE (1897)

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1897
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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