 South Fox Island Light showing old tower on left and new tower on right (USCG) | |
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| Location | South Fox Island, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°22′43″N 85°50′14″W / 45.3785°N 85.8371°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1867  |
| Foundation | Stone (first tower) concrete (second tower) |
| Construction | Brick (first tower) iron (second tower) |
| Automated | 1958 |
| Height | 39 feet (12 m) (first tower) 60 feet (18 m) (second tower) |
| Shape | Square tower attached to house (first tower) pyramidal skeleton tower (second tower) |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1867 (first tower) 1934 (second tower) |
| Deactivated | 1969 |
| Focal height | 68 feet (21 m) (first tower) 89 feet (27 m) (second tower) |
| Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
South Fox Island Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Northport, Michigan |
| Area | 10.4 acres |
| Built by | Lou Comfort, Charles Tilley |
| NRHP reference No. | 100006861[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 26, 2021 |
The South Fox Island Light was a light station located on South Fox Island in the north end of Lake Michigan. There are two towers standing at the site: the first is the original brick keeper's house and tower, while the second is a skeletal tower moved to this site from Sapelo Island, Georgia in 1934. Neither is operational.[2] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.[1]
- ^ a b "Weekly List 2021-01-27". National Park Service. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.