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SPECTACLE REEF LIGHT
Location: STRAITS OF MACKINAC/LAKE HURON
Body of Water: Huron
County: Cheboygan
Year Station Established: 1870
Siting: Offshore
Latitude: 45° 46' 24"
Longitude: 84° 08' 12"

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SPECTACLE REEF LIGHTHOUSE
Year Constructed: 1874
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1874
Operational? Yes
Automated? 1972
Deactivated: Not Available
Foundation Materials: CRIB
Construction Materials: LIMESTONE
Ancillary Buildings: No
Grounds: No
Bottomlands: Yes
COE Structure: No
Architectural Style: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: NATURAL W/RED TRIM
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL 1874
Owner: U.S. Coast Guard
Open to the Public? No
Museum: No
National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
History: EARLY EXAMPLE OF EXPOSED CRIB