Michigan City East Light

Michigan City East Light
Michigan City East Light
MichiganCityLight.jpg
Michigan City Lighthouse
Location Michigan City, Indiana
Coordinates 41°43′44″N 86°54′42″W / 41.729°N 86.9117°W / 41.729; -86.9117
Automated 1960[1]
Foundation concrete pier
Construction steel brick
Tower shape octagonal on fog signal building[1]
Markings / pattern white, lantern black; fog signal building roof red
Height 49 ft (15 m) tower[2]
Focal height Focal plane - 50 feet (15 m)[3]
Original lens Fifth Order Fresnel lens[1][4]
Current lens rotating 2130C
Characteristic Fog horn (2 blasts every 30 s).
ARLHS number USA-493[5][6]
USCG number 7-19545
Michigan City Lighthouse
Michigan City East Light is located in Indiana
Location: Washington Park, Michigan City, Indiana
Coordinates: 41°43′22″N 86°54′21″W / 41.72278°N 86.90583°W / 41.72278; -86.90583Coordinates: 41°43′22″N 86°54′21″W / 41.72278°N 86.90583°W / 41.72278; -86.90583
Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built: 1904
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 74000023[7]
Added to NRHP: November 05, 1974

The Michigan City Breakwater lighthouse is located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana.

This is the successor to the Old Michigan City Light, when the lantern, lens and light was moved to the new light at the end of the newly extended pier.[8]

This is one of very few lights on the Great Lakes which still has the iron walkway atop the pier (see Manistee Pierhead lights and Grand Haven Light).[9]

For 170 years there has a lighthouse in Michigan City. However, "most people in Indiana don’t realize there is a lighthouse in the state." Mayor Oberlie passes out lapel pins to illustrate its importance and scope. He calls Lake Michigan "the city’s crown jewel," which became prominent when he was city planner in the 1970s.[10]

In May 2007, this aid to navigation was deemed excess by the Coast Guard. It was offered at no cost to eligible entities, including federal, state and local agencies, non-profit corporations, educational agencies, or community development organizations under the terms of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. "According to Mayor Chuck Oberlie, Michigan City filed a letter of interest for the lighthouse and will seek ownership."[11]

It is one of a dozen past or present lighthouses in Indiana.[12]

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Getting there

From I-94.svg I-94, take Highway 35 into Michigan City. Where Highway 35 intersects Highway 12, turn left on Highway 12 then right on Pine Street (which becomes Franklin Street after two blocks). After two blocks, which will lead you over a bridge to Lakeshore Drive where you will see the lighthouse to your left. The lighthouse is open every day except Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m.[11]

Walkway to lighthouse

Notes

  1. ^ a b c National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Lights, Michigan City Lights.
  2. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/towers.htm. 
  3. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/focalheight.htm. 
  4. ^ But see,"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Indiana". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHIN.asp.  which indicates a Fourth Order Fresnel lens was original.
  5. ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Michigan City East Pierhead (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-493". http://wlol.arlhs.com/lighthouse/USA493.html. 
  6. ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights.". http://arlhs.com/awards/U_list.html. 
  7. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  8. ^ Wobser, Old Michigan City Lighthouse, at boatnerd.com.
  9. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Michigan City Pierhead Light", Seeing the Light, 2005-01-08. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
  10. ^ Richards, Rick A. Michigan City's Love Affair With It's (sic) Lighthouse July, 2009, Lighthouse Digest.
  11. ^ a b "Anderson, Kraig, Lighthouse friends, Michigan City Lighthouse.". http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=233. 
  12. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Indiana". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/in.htm. 

See also

External links

Undated US Coast Guard archive photo

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