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COPPER HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE

Monday, 11 January 2010 19:22 Public Records

Copper Harbor Lighthouse Tours

Location: KEWEENAW PENINSULA/LAKE SUPERIOR
Station Established: 1849
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1866
Operational? NO
Automated? YES 1919
Deactivated: 1933
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: BRICK
Tower Shape: SQUARE
Markings/Pattern: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: FRESNEL 1856

Historical Information:

Copper Harbor is one of the first two lighthouses to be established on Lake Superior (Whitefish Point is the other).
1847 – Congress appropriated $5,000 for a lighthouse at this site.
1849 – 1st lighthouse built.
1856 – 4th order Fresnel lens installed.
1866 – Current tower built.
1883 – The lighthouse was discontinued due to waning harbor traffic.
1888 – The lighthouse was re-established. The original lens had been relocated to another lighthouse, so a new 4th order lens was installed.
1927 – The light was removed from the lighthouse and put on a steel tower.
1937 – Light electrified and 300 mm lens installed.