 The lighthouse in 2014 | |
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| Location | Northside breakwater Harbor Beach, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 43°50′42″N 82°37′54″W / 43.84500°N 82.63167°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1858[citation needed] |
| Construction | Cast iron, brick lining |
| Automated | 1968 |
| Height | 45 feet (14 m)[1] |
| Shape | Frustum of a cone |
| Markings | White with red roof on lantern[5] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl).[4] Operational remotely all year.[6] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1885 |
| Focal height | 54 feet (16 m)[2] |
| Lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens[7] (original), VRB-25 acrylic (current) |
| Intensity | 20,000 candlepower[3] |
| Range | Red 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi), white 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) |
| Characteristic | Al WR 10s[4] |
Harbor Beach Lighthouse | |
Michigan Historic Landmark | |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1884 |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000850[8] |
| Added to NRHP | August 04, 1983 |
The Harbor Beach Lighthouse is a "sparkplug lighthouse" located at the end of the north breakwall entrance to the harbor of refuge on Lake Huron.[9][10][11] The breakwall and light were created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to protect the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan, which is the largest man-made freshwater harbor in the world. Harbor Beach is located on the eastern edge of the Thumb of Huron County, in the state of Michigan.[12]
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ Wobser, David, Harbor Beach Light Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Boatnerd
- ^ a b Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ Roach, Jerry, Lighthouse Central, Harbor Beach Front Lighthouse Photographs, History and Directions, The Ultimate Guide to East Michigan Lighthouses (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - July 2006). ISBN 0-9747977-1-5; ISBN 978-0-9747977-1-7.
- ^ Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, 2405 Weadock Road, Essexville, MI 48732-9602 -- (989) 892-0556.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Original Lenses". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Harbor Beach Light ARLHS USA-365
- ^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights (WLOL).
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Lower Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "Presentation of The Harbor Beach Lighthouse Preservation Society". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-08-15.