Passage Island Light

Passage Island Light Station

Undated USCG photo of the station
Location	Isle Royale, Michigan
Year first constructed	1882
Year first lit	1882^[1]
Automated	1978^[2]
Construction	fieldstone^[2]
Markings / pattern	natural with white & red lantern^[2]
Height	44 ft^[2]
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens^[1]
Current lens	190 mm
USCG number
Passage Island Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	SW end of Passage Is., 3.25 mi NE of Isle Royale, in NW Lake Superior, Houghton Township, Michigan
Built:	1881
Architect:	U.S. Lighthouse Board
Architectural style:	Gothic
MPS:	Light Stations of the United States MPS
NRHP Reference#:	06000632^[3]
Added to NRHP:	July 19, 2006

The Passage Island Light Station is a lighthouse located 3.25 mi (5.23 km) NE of Isle Royale, in NW Lake Superior, Michigan on Passage Island. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[3]

1 Description
2 History
3 Further reading
4 References

Description

The light tower is 44 feet (13 m) high, constructed of fieldstone, and is square on the first level, transitioning to octagonal above.^[4] It is topped with a ten-sided cast iron lantern, accessible via a spiral staircase within the tower.^[4] The tower is integral with the keeper's house, which is a two-story fieldstone house measuring 26 by 30 feet.^[4]

History

The need for a lighthouse between Passage Island and Isle Royale was recognized as early as the 1860s, as lake traffic increased dramatically due to the upsurge in mining in the Upper Peninsula.^[4] However, it took until 1875 before Congress authorized funds for the construction of a lighthouse.^[4] However, because of Congress's desire to bring political pressure to bear on the Canadian government to force them to build a lighthouse in Lake Erie, the appropriated $18,000 for Pasage Light was not released until 1880.^[4] Construction began in 1881, and the light was completed the following year.^[4] A fog signal was added in 1884, and in 1894 a new flashing white lens manufactured by Barbier, Benard & Turenne of Paris was installed.^[4]

In 1978, the station was automated, and in 1989 a 190 mm acrylic lens was installed, replacing the Fresnel.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMI.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Passage Island Light from the Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, retrieved 8/19/09
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Passage Island Light Station from "Seeing the Light," retrieved 9/18/09

Lighthouses of Michigan

See also: List of lighthouses in Michigan

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Passage Island Light

Contents

Description

History

Further reading

References