Little Sable Point Light
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| Little Sable Point Light | |
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 Listed in National Register of Historic Places |
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| Location: | Ten miles South of Pentwater, Michigan |
| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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| Year first constructed: | Tower, 1874 |
| Year first lit: | 1874 |
| Foundation: | 109 wooden piles, driven into sand [1] |
| Construction: | Rust brick |
| Tower shape: | Conical |
| Height: | Tower, 107 feet |
| Original lens: | Third-Order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 17 miles |
| Characteristic: | Flashing White, 1 flash every 6 sec. [2] |
The Little Sable Light is located south of Pentwater, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan.[3]
Originally named "Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse" and used on most official records but was changed officially in 1910. [4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tag, Thomas A., Little Sable Point Light Station, Softcover (Dayton, OH: Data Image, 1996) p. 35. ISBN 0-9649980-1-7
- ^ Tag, Thomas A., Little Sable Point Light Station, Softcover (Dayton, OH: Data Image, 1996) p. 10. ISBN 0-9649980-1-7
- ^ Seeing The Light - Little Sable Point Lighthouse
- ^ Tag, Thomas A., Little Sable Point Light Station, Softcover (Dayton, OH: Data Image, 1996) p. 6. ISBN 0-9649980-1-7
