Minneapolis Shoal Light, Escanaba

Photo: Ken Tanner

State: MICHIGAN
Location: 10 MILES S. OF PENINSULA POINT/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: ESCANABA
County: DELTA
U.S.C.G. District: 9

Year Station Established: 1935

Existing Historic Tower:

• Year Light First Lit: 1935
• Is the Light Operational? YES
• Date Deactivated: N/A
• Automated: 1979
• Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER ON CONCRETE CRIB
• Construction Materials: STEEL/REINFORCED CONCRETE
• Markings/Patterns: CREAM COLORED
• Shape: OCTAGONAL
• Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
• Tower Height: 70
• Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
• Year Original Lens Installed:
• Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER
• Year Present Lens Installed:
• Height of Focal Plane: 82
• Fresnel Lens Disposition:
• Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

• Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

• Year Constructed: 1935
• Number of Stories:
• Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
• Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE