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Location: Harbor Springs, Michigan: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Construction: red brick: Height: 41 feet (12 m) [2]: Shape: Square, attached 2 story Lighthouse keeper's house: Markings: Red brick, Natural with white lantern, red roof: Light; First lit: 1884: Deactivated: 1963: Focal height: 41 feet (12 m): Lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens: Range: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) [1]: Characteristic ...
Edgartown Harbor Light is a lighthouse located in Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States, where it marks the entrance to Edgartown Harbor and Katama Bay. [2] [3] [4] It is one of five lighthouses on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The first lighthouse, a two-story wooden structure that also served as the keeper's house, was constructed in 1828.
A keeper's house is attached. [3] In 1933, the light itself was removed from the lighthouse, and placed on the adjacent 62-foot (19 m) tall white skeleton tower, [4] which has a focal plane of 90 feet (27 m). It has a range of 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi). [1] On February 22, 1974, the lighthouse was designated a Michigan State Historic ...
The house is 1½ stories and about 30 feet (9.1 m) square. [4] The federal government built a lighthouse on Windmill Point in Stonington Harbor in 1823; it was housed in a small granite lighthouse and was known by the same name. However, erosion led to its being torn down and its materials reused in the construction of this lighthouse.
Catherine Shook became Michigan’s first female light keeper when she took over for her husband, Peter, after he drowned in 1849. In 1857, the lighthouse and dwelling were replaced with the present 89-foot tower and attached house. In 1908, the brick assistant keeper’s house was built. The lighthouse was fully automated in 1934.
It is attached to the Lighthouse keepers house, which was upgraded to an attractive gambrel roof design. [1] This was one of the earliest Life Saving Stations, and was run under the auspices of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. In 1910 the United States Lighthouse Board was reconstituted as the U.S. Lighthouse Service.
The light has a total of six structures: a lighthouse tower with attached keeper's quarters, an assistant keeper's house, a fog signal building, an oil house, a skiff house, and a garage. The lighthouse was originally equipped with a fourth order Fresnel lens. The lighthouse is a twin of the Round Island Light in Michigan.
The original lighting apparatus, however, was transferred to the newer lighthouse in 1842. In 1864, an attached lighthouse keeper's house was built. In 1921, a submarine hit the breakwater, damaging the foundation of the keeper's house. An electric light was placed in the tower the following year. The damaged keeper's dwelling was later torn down.