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 Presque Isle Light Station
N 45° 21.362 W 083° 29.510
17T E 304825 N 5025523
4500 East Grand Lake Rd -- drive north until the road ends
Waymark Code: WMXYQN
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2018
Views: 7
This lighthouse, built in 1870 by Orlando M. Poe, is one of three Great Lakes towers built from the same plans. It replaced the smaller 1840 harbor light. The conical brick tower rises 113 feet from a limestone foundation. The Third Order Fresnel lens was made by Henri LePaute of Paris. Patrick Garrity, the keeper of the harbor light, lit the lamp for the first time for the opening of the 1871 navigation season. Garrity served here until 1885 when he became keeper of the Harbor Range Lights. His wife, Mary, sons Thomas, Patrick and John, and daughter Anna all served as light keepers in this area. In 1890 a steam operated fog signal manufactured by Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio, was installed. The light was automated in 1970 by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Historical Name: Patrick Garrity
Description:
This lighthouse, built in 1870 by Orlando M. Poe, is
one of three Great Lakes towers built from the
same plans. It replaced the smaller 1840 harbor
light. The conical brick tower rises 113 feet from a
limestone foundation. The Third Order Fresnel
lens was made by Henri LePaute of Paris. Patrick
Garrity, the keeper of the harbor light, lit the lamp
for the first time at the opening of the 1871
navigation season. Garrity served here until 1885
when he became keeper of the Harbor Range
Lights. His wife, Mary, sons Thomas, Patrick, and
John, and daughter Anna all served as light
keepers in this area. In 1890 a steam-operated fog
signal manufactured by Variety Iron Works of
Cleveland, Ohio, was installed. The light was
automated in 1970 by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Parking nearby?: yes
D/T ratings: 
website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: L1563
Historical Date: Not listed
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