Location: NW END GRANITE ISLAND/LAKE SUPERIOR
Body of Water: Superior
County: Marquette
Year Station Established: 1868
Siting: Island
Latitude: 46° 43' 18"
Longitude: 87° 24' 42" |
PHOTOGRAPH GRANITE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
|
| Year Constructed: |
1868 |
| Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: |
1869 |
| Operational? |
No |
| Automated? |
1939 |
| Deactivated: |
Not Available |
| Foundation Materials: |
ROCK |
| Construction Materials: |
GRANITE |
| Ancillary Buildings: |
Yes |
| Grounds: |
No |
| Bottomlands: |
No |
| COE Structure: |
No |
| Architectural Style: |
SQUARE |
| Markings/Pattern: |
NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN |
| Relationship to Other Structure: |
ATTACHED |
| Original Lens: |
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1869 |
| Owner: |
Private |
| Open to the Public? |
No |
| Museum: |
No |
| Web Site: |
http://www.graniteisland.com |
| National Register Status: |
LISTED; Reference #83000884 |
| History: |
ONE OF OLDEST SURVIVING LIGHTHOUSES ON LAKE SUPERIOR; BECAME LESS IMPORTANT TO NAVIGATION IN 1920S WHEN SHIPPING RAN LESS OFTEN BETWEEN ISLAND & SHORE |
