Menominee Pier Light

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Menominee Pier Light
Menominee Pier Lighthouse
Location:	Menominee, Michigan
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	45°05′49″N 87°35′08″W / 45.097, -87.5856
Year first lit:	1927
Automated:	1972
Deactivated:	n/a
Foundation:	concrete pier
Construction:	cast iron
Tower shape:	octagon
Height:	34 feet/46 feet focal plane
Original lens:	Fourth Order Fresnel

The Menominee North Pier lighthouse is located in the harbor of Menominee, Michigan. The station was established in 1877. The current struction and its still operational light was first lit in 1927, and automated in 1972.^[1]

The foundation is a concrete pier. The 34 foot tall octaganol cast iron building is marked in a distinctive red, with a black lantern and white base. A Fourth Order Fresnel lens was originally installed, but was replaced with a modern 300 mm. acrylic optic lens,^[2] which replaced the original. The original lens is now at Sand Point Light in Escanaba, Michigan.^[3] The focal plane is 46 feet.^[4]

The building originally had a fog signal structure attached, and it was laster removed. The iron catwalk was removed in 1972 when the light was automated.^[5]

This light is paired with a large rear range light.^[6]

Contents 1 Finding the light 2 External links 3 Bibliography and further reading 4 Notes

[edit] Finding the light

US 41 enters Menominee and makes a 90 degree turn onto 10th Street (heading east to west) as it passes through downtown. Go east on 10th Street towards Lake Huron to 1st street. Turn south onto 1st Street, then turn east onto Harbor Drive. Harbor Drive parallels the lakeshore, ending at a parking lot. A short walk on a wooden walkway leads to the large, flat breakwater.^[7]

[edit] External links

• Lighthouse depot, Menoninee Pier Light.
• Lighthouse central, pictures of Menominee North Pier Light.
• Lighthouse friends, Menoninee North Pier Light.
• Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Menoninee North Pier Light.
• Map of Michigan Lighthouse in PDF Format.
• Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Menoninee Pier Light.
• National Park Service, Maritime Heritage Inventory of Historic Lights, Menoninee North Pier Light.
• Map of lighthouses in western Lake Michigan.
• U.S. Coast Guard's complete list of Michigan lights.
• Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF).

[edit] Bibliography and further reading

• Bibliography on Michigan lighthouses.
• Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0814325548 ISBN 9780814325544.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
• Penrod, John, Lighthouses of Michigan, (Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998) ISBN 9780942618785 ISBN 9781893624238.
• Penrose, Laurie and Bill, A Traveler’s Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses (Petoskey, Michigan: Friede Publications, 1999). ISBN 0923756035 ISBN 9780923756031
• Pepper, Terry. Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes.
• Putnam, George R., Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
• Wagner, John L.. Beacons Shining in the Night: The Lighthouses of Michigan. Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
• Wagner, John L., Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective, (East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner, 1998) ISBN 1880311011 ISBN 9781880311011.
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993.

[edit] Notes