Old Michigan City Light

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Old Michigan City Light
Old Michigan City Lighthouse
Location:	Michigan City, Indiana
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	41°43′22″N 86°54′22″W / 41.7227, -86.9061
Year first lit:	1858

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

This lighthouse, built in 1858, replaced an 1837 lighthouse built at water's edge. It was remodeled in 1904. Seven Lighthouse keepers and fourteen assistant keepers served here from 1837-1940. ^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Sign posted by lighthouse

[edit] Additional reading

• Bibliography on Michigan and other lighthouses.
• Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses (2002) ISBN 1592231020; ISBN 978-1592231027.
• 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.
• Jones, Ray & Bruce Roberts, American Lighthouses (Globe Pequot, September 1, 1998, 1st Ed.) ISBN 0762703245; ISBN 978-0762703241.
• Jones, Ray,The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0762727357; ISBN 978-0762727353.
• Noble, Dennis, Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy (Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997. ISBN 1557506388; ISBN 9781557506382.
• 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.
• 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).
• United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation, (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
• United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography.
• Wagner, John L.. Beacons Shining in the Night: The Lighthouses of Michigan. Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993.