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Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, Presque Isle County, Michigan
By Cosmos Mariner, July 23, 2018
Lake Huron Graveyard of Ships
(marker side 2)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Forty Mile Point Lighthouse
During the late 1800s, the U.S. Lighthouse Board created a system of coastal lights along Lake Huron's Michigan shore so that mariners would always be within sight of at least one.
With a light south of Forty . . . — — Map (db m221642) HM |
| | Conveyed to Presque Isle Co. on November 23, 1998 from United States Coast Guard U.S. General Services Administration United States Department of Interior Commissioners Allan H. Bruder — Chairman Charles A. Rhode • Emil Plath Jr. . . . — — Map (db m154596) HM |
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This structure was the first to be built in 1896. It was used to house the laborers that erected the lighthouse. After the house was complete, it was used by the workers that were contracted to do maintenance work such as boiler inspection, etc. . . . — — Map (db m122171) HM |
Apr. 19, 2024
