Old Michigan City Light
Lighthouse in Indiana, United States
Lighthouse
The Old Michigan City Light is a decommissioned lighthouse located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana .[ 5] [ 6]
Built in 1858 at a cost of $8,000, this lighthouse, replaced an 1837 brick & stone light built at the edge of Lake Michigan . It was the second light at the site, and the predecessor to the Michigan City East Light , to which the lantern, lens and light were moved in 1904; it being the new light at the end of the newly extended pier.[ 7]
It was remodeled in 1904. Seven Lighthouse keepers and fourteen assistant keepers served here from 1837-1940.[ 8]
A fourth order Fresnel lens is on display.[ 7]
It is one of a dozen past or present lighthouses in Indiana.[ 9]
Location
The lighthouse is located in Washington Park. It is open every day except Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m., except in winter.[ 10]
See also
References
^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights" . Seeing the Light . terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-27 . ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights" . Seeing the Light . terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-09-27 . ^ National Park Service , Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Lights, Michigan City Lights. ^ "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places National Park Service . March 13, 2009.^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Old Michigan City (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-913 ^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights. Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine ^ a b Wobser, David, Old Michigan City Lighthouse Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine , at boatnerd.com .^ Sign posted by lighthouse
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Indiana" . The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . ^ "Anderson, Kraig, Lighthouse friends, Michigan City Lighthouse " .
Further reading
Andreas, A.T. (1884) History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time,
Chicago's Front Door, Chicago Public Library Digital Collection, website.
Chicago , Scribner's Monthly (September 1875) Vol. X, No. 5.Graham, Charlote, Another Step into History at Old Michigan City Light (August, 2003) Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Lighthouse Digest .Harris, Patricia. Michigan City: Indiana's Only Lighthouse . The Keeper's Log (Spring, 1987), pp. 22–25.
Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. (1995) The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes . Detroit: Wayne State University Press . ISBN 0-8143-2554-8 ISBN 978-0-8143-2554-4 .
Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes , Macmillan Publishers .
Karamanski, T. Ed., Historic Lighthouses and Navigational Aids of the Illinois Shore of Lake Michigan Loyola University & Illinois Historic Preservation Agency , (1989).
Longstreet, Stephen (1973) Chicago 1860-1919 (New York: McKay).
Lopez, Victor. "This Old Lighthouse: Chicago Harbor Beacon Gets a Facelift." Coast Guard (September, 1997), pp. 24–25.
Mayer, Harold M. (1957) The Port of Chicago University of Chicago Press .
Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes " . Rice, Mary J., Chicago: Port to the World (Follet Publishers , 1969).
Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0-923568-47-6 ; ISBN 978-0-923568-47-4 .
Wagner, John L. "Beacons Shining in the Night: The Lighthouses of Michigan " . Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University .
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