South Fox Island Light
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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]
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Location | South Fox Island, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 45.3785°N 85.8371°W / 45.3785; -85.8371 |
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 |
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