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St. Joseph was first platted in 1829, and the first lighthouse at the site, located on the shore, was built in 1832. Construction began on harbor piers in 1836, and by 1848 a beacon light had been established on the pier. The onshore lighthouse was replaced in 1859, and a new pierhead beacon was constructed on the south pier in 1870.
The St. Joseph river mouth was straightened through a channel and piers were added later. The first lighthouse in St. Joseph contends with Chicago's original lighthouse as the first to be built on Lake Michigan. Newburyport changed its name to St. Joseph when it was incorporated on March 7, 1834. [11] The city was incorporated June 5, 1891.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Michigan as identified by the United States Coast Guard. Michigan is home to lights on four of the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair and connecting waterways. The first lighthouse in the state, Fort Gratiot Light, was erected in 1825.
DeTour Reef Light. Fl W 10s (R sector) Red from 079.5° to 189.5°. The DeTour Reef Light is a non-profit-operated lighthouse marking the southern entrance of the DeTour Passage between the eastern end of Michigan 's Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island. [7] The light is an automated active aid to navigation. [8]
Added to NRHP. July 27, 2005. Spectacle Reef Light is a lighthouse 11 miles (18 km) east of the Straits of Mackinac and is located at the northern end of Lake Huron, Michigan. [8] It was designed and built by Colonel Orlando Metcalfe Poe and Major Godfrey Weitzel, [9] and was the most expensive lighthouse ever built on the Great Lakes.
The first light in Charlevoix was located on the north pier. It was erected in 1884 in order to guide ships to the newly improved Pine River channel. A lifesaving station was built just north of the lighthouse in 1898 and an oil shed was built in 1890. [7] The first tower was 56 feet (17 m) tall, [8] with a 61 feet (19 m) focal height.
March 30, 1973. The Stannard Rock Light is a lighthouse located on a reef that was the most serious hazard to navigation on Lake Superior. [6][7][8] The exposed crib of the Stannard Rock Light is rated as one of the top ten engineering feats in the United States. [9] It is 24 miles (39 km) from the nearest land, making it the most distant (from ...
93001348 [1] Added to NRHP. December 2, 1993. The Ninth District Lighthouse Depot is a collection of historic structures located at 1 Lighthouse Lane in St. Joseph, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1] It now houses the Saint Joseph River Yacht Club.