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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
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