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- Code Number:
- TLHV04P12_14B
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Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Michigan, Lake Superior, Great Lakes
- This sturdy lighthouse is situated at Whitefish Point, north of the town of Paradise. This is the point that the lake ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald was trying to reach before its fateful demise.
Latitude: 46.77121 Longitude: -84.95736 Year first lit: 1861 Automated: 1971 Construction: Steel Tower shape: Lattice Tower Height: Tower 23 meters (76 feet) Focal height: Focal plane 24 meters (80 feet) Original lens: 3rd order Fresnel Lens Current lens: Light-emitting diode (LED) lantern Range: 24 km (15 miles) ARLHS number: USA-887 USCG number: 7-14530 U.S. National Register of Historic Places Michigan State Historic Site NRHP Reference: 73000947 Added to NRHP: 28/02/1973 Designated MSHS: 22/02/1974
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Michigan, Towns, United States of America, Scenics, USA, American, Lighthouses, Beacon, Maritime, Technology, Architecture, Building, landmark, structure, real, coast, coastline, nautical, shore, shoreline, Navigation Aid, Navaid, Coastal, Transportation Safety, light, Phare, Tower
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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- Code Number:
- TLHV04P12_14B
- Title:
-
Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Michigan, Lake Superior, Great Lakes
- This sturdy lighthouse is situated at Whitefish Point, north of the town of Paradise. This is the point that the lake ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald was trying to reach before its fateful demise.
Latitude: 46.77121
Longitude: -84.95736
Year first lit: 1861
Automated: 1971
Construction: Steel
Tower shape: Lattice Tower
Height: Tower 23 meters (76 feet)
Focal height: Focal plane 24 meters (80 feet)
Original lens: 3rd order Fresnel Lens
Current lens: Light-emitting diode (LED) lantern
Range: 24 km (15 miles)
ARLHS number: USA-887
USCG number: 7-14530
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site
NRHP Reference: 73000947
Added to NRHP: 28/02/1973
Designated MSHS: 22/02/1974
- Keywords:
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Michigan, Towns, United States of America, Scenics, USA, American, Lighthouses, Beacon, Maritime, Technology, Architecture, Building, landmark, structure, real, coast, coastline, nautical, shore, shoreline, Navigation Aid, Navaid, Coastal, Transportation Safety, light, Phare, Tower
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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