White River Light
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| White River Light | |
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 White River Light Station, Source: U.S. Coast Guard Archives |
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| Location: | Near Whitehall, Michigan |
| Year first lit: | 1872 South Pier, 1876 Main Tower |
| Automated: | 1918 [1] |
| Construction: | 'Norman Gothic Style' [2] |
| Tower shape: | Octagonal |
| Markings/Pattern: | Cream yellow brick |
| Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | Visible for about 14 miles |
| Characteristic: | Original lens a fixed white light with a red flash once each minute. 1912, light flashed white for 10 seconds then dark for 10 seconds & repeated. [3] |
The White River Light is a lighthouse on Lake Michigan near the city of Whitehall, Michigan. It sits on a thin peninsula of land separating Lake Michigan from White Lake. The building was built in 1875.
Some of the buildings in existance for the lightstation consisted of the tower and attached dwelling, the South Pier-head Beacon light, oil house, woodshed or strage building and Privy.[4]
The lighthouse is open to the public as a museum with regular hours posted from Memorial Weekend through August 31. The lighthouse is also open through September and October with reduced hours. The museum has a number of artifacts from the passenger and freight shipping on the lakes in addition to information on the light itself.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Beacons in the Night, Michigan Lighthouse Chronology, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
- Official Site for the White River Lighthouse Museum
- White River Light Page from Seeing the Light
- Page from Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of Historic Light Stations
- White River Light Page at Lighthousefreinds.com
- White River Page from Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tag, Thomas A., White River Light Station, Softcover (Dayton, OH: Data Image, 1996) p. 30 & 37. ISBN 0-9649980-2-5
- ^ Tag, Thomas A., White River Light Station, Softcover (Dayton, OH: Data Image, 1996) p. 21. ISBN 0-9649980-2-5
- ^ Tag, Thomas A., White River Light Station, Softcover (Dayton, OH: Data Image, 1996) p. 35 & 37. ISBN 0-9649980-2-5
- ^ Thomas A. Tag (1996) White River Light Station, Softcover (Dayton, OH: Data Image, 1996) p.8. ISBN 0-9649980-2-5
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