 Forty Mile Point Light | |
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| Location | Rogers Township, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°29′12″N 83°54′48″W / 45.48667°N 83.91333°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1896 |
| Foundation | Limestone |
| Construction | Brick |
| Automated | 1969 |
| Height | 52 feet (16 m) |
| Shape | Square |
| Markings | white w/black lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, Michigan state historic site  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1897 |
| Focal height | 66 feet (20 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) |
| Characteristic | white 3 second flash every 6 seconds.[1] |
Forty Mile Point Light | |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001830[2] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
Forty Mile Point Light is a lighthouse in Presque Isle County near Hammond Bay on the western shore of Lake Huron in Rogers Township, Michigan USA.
Unlike many Great Lakes lighthouses, Forty Mile Point Light does not mark a significant harbor or river mouth. Rather, it was constructed with the intent that as one sailed from Mackinaw Point to the Saint Clair River, one would never be out of viewing range of a lighthouse.[3] The light is named because it is on 40 mile Point which is 40 miles (64 km) sailing distance from Old Mackinaw Point.
It is part of U.S. Coast Guard District No. 9.[4]
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses.
- ^ National Park Service, Maritime Heritage Project, 40 Mile Point Light.