Type:
Year Established:
1933
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Chad Kaiser
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Lake St. Clair Channel
Latitude:
42° 21.34'
Longitude:
82° 55.43'
City / Town:
DETROIT
U.S. State:
Michigan
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
N/A
Disposition:
1933 Tower Never Manned; Keepers Survives From Earlier Tower
Year Tower Established:
1933
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
37
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER Lens Lanterns
Year Original Lens Installed:
1933
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
ORIGINAL WINDMILL POINT LIGHT KEEPERS IS USED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND IS LOCATED IN LIGHTHOUSE PARK, WAS FORMERLY USED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MARITIME HOSPITAL; CURRENT TOWER WAS NEVER MANNED