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Visitors can view the lighthouse anytime and are welcome to...
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Figure-2.2 is the Alpena lighthouse Fresnel lens on display...
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The Alpena Lighthouse is located at the end of the northern...
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Alpena Light – GPS Coordinates +45° 3′ 37.23″ N, -83° 25′...
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The Alpena Breakwater Light is in structurally sound...
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The Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy (MLC) is an IRS...
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Alpena Lighthouse is part of The Michigan Lighthouse...
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Visitors can view the lighthouse anytime and are welcome to do so from a boat or the Alpena Municipal Breakwall located adjacent to Bay View Park on Prentiss Street which runs off of South Harbor Drive. The tower is currently closed for general public tours.
- Alpena’s “Little Red” Beacon. Little Red is the only lighthouse within the City of Alpena. The steel skeletal style lighthouse is viewable from Alpena’s boat harbor and breakwall.
- New Presque Isle Lighthouse. 4500 E. Grand Lake Rd, Presque Isle, 989.595.9917. The Presque Isle Light Station includes three historic buildings. The light tower, which connects to a keeper’s dwelling, was built in 1870 and is the tallest lighthouse tower accessible by the public on the Great Lakes.
- Old Presque Isle Lighthouse. 5295 E. Grand Lake Road, Presque Isle, 989. 595. 6979. The Old Presque Isle Lighthouse is one of the oldest surviving accessible lighthouses of the Great Lakes.
- 40 Mile Point Lighthouse. County Park Road, Rogers City. Unlike many Great Lakes lighthouses, Forty Mile Point Light does not mark significant port, but was built so ships would never be out of viewing range of a lighthouse.
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Sep 14, 2023 · Date added: September 14, 2023 Categories: Michigan. Lighthouse. This lighthouse marks the entrance to the harbor at the mouth of the Thunder Bay River in the city of Alpena. This has been the scene of substantial commercial maritime traffic since around the middle nineteenth century.
The Alpena Light, also known as the Thunder Bay River Lighthouse or Alpena Breakwater Light, is a lighthouse on Lake Huron near Alpena, Michigan. Standing on the north breakwater of Alpena Harbor, the light marks the entrance to the Thunder Bay River from Thunder Bay.
Believed to be the only lighthouse of this type in the U.S., the station was built of wood in 1877, rebuilt of wood in 1888 and finally constructed of steel in 1914. An automated active aid to navigation, the Alpena Light originally housed a Fourth Order Fresnel lens.