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| Location | Escanaba, Delta County Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°45′N 87°02′W / 45.750°N 87.033°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1867 |
| Foundation | natural/emplaced |
| Construction | brick[7] |
| Height | 44 feet (13 m)[2] |
| Shape | square tower with octagonal lantern[3][8] |
| Markings | white w black parapet & lantern, red roofs |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, Michigan state historic site  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1868 |
| Deactivated | 1939 |
| Focal height | 44 feet (13 m)[3][4] |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel Lens[9] |
| Range | 13 miles (21 km)[5] |
| Characteristic | white light, 3 s on, 3 s off[5][6] |
Sand Lighthouse | |
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| Location | 12 Waterplant Rd., Escanaba, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45°44′40″N 87°2′40″W / 45.74444°N 87.04444°W |
| Built | 1868 |
| Architect | United States Lighthouse Service |
| Architectural style | Lighthouse |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001474[10] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 1997 |
| Designated MSHS | February 25, 1988 |
The Sand Point Lighthouse is located in Escanaba, Michigan, United States, on Lake Michigan's northern shore. Since 1989, it has been an unofficial aid to navigation.[6] Though it is an operational aid to navigation.[9] The restored lighthouse is now open to the public during the summer months. It is also known as the Escanaba/Sand Point (Little Bay de Noc) Light[1] or the Escanaba Light.[11]
This Sand Point Light is one of two bearing that name in Michigan. The other is in Baraga.[6]
- ^ a b Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
- ^ a b Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Sand Point (Escanaba) Light.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
- ^ a b Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ National Park Service, Maritime Heritage Project, Inventory of Historic Lights, Sand Point Light.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Sand Point (Escanaba) Light
- ^ a b Lighthouse depot, Sand Point (Escanaba) Light.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002.