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POVERTY ISLAND LIGHT
Location: POVERTY ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN
Body of Water: Michigan
County: Delta
Year Station Established: 1874
Siting: Island
Latitude: 45° 31' 41"
Longitude: 86° 39' 53"

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POVERTY ISLAND LIGHT TOWER WITH LANTERN ROOM
Year Constructed: 1874
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1874
Operational? No
Automated? 1957
Deactivated: Not Available
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: BRICK
Ancillary Buildings: No
Grounds: No
Bottomlands: No
COE Structure: No
Architectural Style: CONICAL W/OUT LANTERN
Markings/Pattern: WHITE
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER 1874
Owner: U.S. Coast Guard
Open to the Public? No
Museum: No
National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0