Type:
Year Established:
1855
Existing:
No
Download:
Taylorsport Lighthouse ca. 1870 (1).jpg (532.24 KB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1870
Photo Credit:
Charles Bittenbind
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Lake Michigan
Latitude:
42° 8.08'
Longitude:
87° 45.37'
City / Town:
GLENCOE
U.S. State:
Illinois
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1859
Disposition:
Discontinued with Drop in Commerce to Taylorsport
Year Tower Established:
1855
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:
1855
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
NONE
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018