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Photographer: Robert L Weber
Taken: September 11, 2010
Caption: Steamer Vernon Marker
Additional Description: This 1886 pierhead lighthouse, is now located at the Rogers Street Fishing Village and Great Lakes Coast Guard Museum. The museum complex is located on the banks of the East Twin River, the traditional headquarters of the Two Rivers Commercial Fishing Fleet.

The museum has five historic buildings that portray exciting stories. Step aboard the 1936 wooden fishing tug BUDDY O, explore the fishing sheds, see the antique Kahlenberg Marine Oil Engine, hear the whistles and horns, and then climb up to the 1886 Two Rivers' North Pier Lighthouse for a bird's eye view of the Fishing Village.

Finish your visit with a tour of the Great Lakes Coast Guard Exhibit SHIPWRECKS!, featuring artifacts rescued from the depths of Lake Michigan's most famous shipwrecks such as the VERNON, sunk in 1887, or the ROUSE SIMMONS, the legendary Christmas tree ship lost with all hands during a furious storm November 23, 1912.
Submitted: December 18, 2010, by Bob (peach) Weber of Dewey, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p140442
File Size: 0.152 Megabytes

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