Location: AU SABLE POINT/LAKE SUPERIOR; 31 MILES EAST OF MUNSING; 13 MILES WEST OF GRAND MARAIS, MICHIGAN
Body of Water: Superior
County: Alger
Year Station Established: 1874
Siting: Mainland
Latitude: 46° 40' 18"
Longitude: 86° 08' 24" |
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AU SABLE LIGHTHOUSE
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| Year Constructed: |
1874 |
| Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: |
1874 |
| Operational? |
Yes |
| Automated? |
1958 |
| Foundation Materials: |
WOOD PILINGS |
| Construction Materials: |
BRICK |
| Ancillary Buildings: |
Yes |
| Grounds: |
Yes |
| Bottomlands: |
No |
| COE Structure: |
No |
| Architectural Style: |
CONICAL |
| Markings/Pattern: |
WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN |
| Relationship to Other Structure: |
ATTACHED |
| Original Lens: |
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL 1874 |
| Owner: |
National Park Service |
| Open to the Public? |
Yes |
| Museum: |
No |
| Other Important Dates: |
1909 (addition to keeper's house) |
