The Frankfort Light is a lighthouse located on the north breakwater in the harbor in Frankfort,Michigan. The current light was constructed in 1912 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Grand Marais is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Burt Township on the shores of Lake Superior,and the community is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58.
The Harbor of Refuge Light is a lighthouse built on the ocean end of the outer Delaware Breakwater at the mouth of the Delaware Bay,just off Cape Henlopen. It was built to function with the Delaware Breakwater East End Light in order to mark the National Harbor of Refuge.
The Delaware Breakwater East End Light is a lighthouse located on the inner Delaware Breakwater in the Delaware Bay,just off the coast of Cape Henlopen and the town of Lewes,Delaware.
The Alpena Light,also known as the Thunder Bay River Lighthouse or Alpena Breakwater Light,is a lighthouse on Lake Huron near Alpena,Michigan. Standing on the north breakwater of Alpena Harbor,the light marks the entrance to the Thunder Bay River from Thunder Bay. The current lighthouse,built in 1914,replaced earlier wooden structures which had been in use since 1877 and 1888. The current light is a weather-protected structure on a steel frame. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006,and the state inventory list the same year.
The first Saginaw River lighthouse was constructed from 1839 to 1841,in a period when large quantities of lumber were being harvested and shipped from the heart of Michigan via river and the Great Lakes to the East Coast of the United States via the Erie Canal and Hudson River. This connection to major eastern markets was critical to the development of central Michigan.
The Lynde Point Light or Lynde Point Lighthouse,also known as Saybrook Inner Lighthouse,is a lighthouse in Connecticut,United States,on the west side of the mouth of the Connecticut River on the Long Island Sound,Old Saybrook,Connecticut. The first light was a 35 feet (11 m) wooden tower constructed by Abisha Woodward for $2,200 and it was completed in 1803. A new lighthouse was eventually needed and a total of $7,500 was appropriated on July 7,1838. Jonathan Scranton,Volney Pierce,and John Wilcox were contracted to build the new 65-foot (20 m) octagonal brownstone tower. It was constructed in 1838 and lit in 1839. The lighthouse was renovated in 1867 and had its keeper's house from 1833 replaced in 1858 with a Gothic Revival gambrel-roofed wood-frame house. In 1966,the house was torn down and replaced by a duplex house. The original ten lamps were replaced in 1852 with a fourth-order Fresnel lens,and with a fifth-order Fresnel lens in 1890. Lynde Point Lighthouse used whale oil until 1879 when it switched to kerosene. It was electrified in 1955 and fully automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1978. In 1990,it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and is significant for its "superior stone work in the tapering brownstone walls".
Au Sable Light is an active lighthouse in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore west of Grand Marais,Michigan off H-58. Until 1910,this aid to navigation was called "Big Sable Light".
The Milwaukee Pierhead Light is an active lighthouse located in the Milwaukee harbor,just south of downtown. This aid to navigation is a 'sister' of the Kenosha North Pier Light.
The Milwaukee Breakwater lighthouse was built in 1926 in the harbor of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County,Wisconsin to mark the entrance to the harbor. One of the last fully enclosed breakwater lighthouses in the Great Lakes,the structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The Manistique East Breakwater Light is a lighthouse is located in the harbor of Manistique,Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Ashtabula Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Ashtabula,Ohio. It was listed in the National Register on August 8,1983.
The Harbor Beach Lighthouse is a "sparkplug lighthouse" located at the end of the north breakwall entrance to the harbor of refuge on Lake Huron. The breakwall and light were created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to protect the harbor of Harbor Beach,Michigan,which is the largest man-made freshwater harbor in the world. Harbor Beach is located on the eastern edge of the Thumb of Huron County,in the state of Michigan.
The Marquette Harbor Light is located on Lake Superior in Marquette,Michigan,a part of the Upper Peninsula. It is an active aid to navigation.
The Rock of Ages Light is a U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse on a small rock outcropping approximately 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Washington Island and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Isle Royale,in Eagle Harbor Township,Keweenaw County,Michigan. It is an active aid to navigation.
The Port Washington Light is a historical lighthouse in Port Washington,Wisconsin. Replaced by the Port Washington Breakwater Light and converted to a normal dwelling,it was restored with the assistance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and currently serves as a museum.
The Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light is a lighthouse on the south breakwater of the Duluth Ship Canal in Duluth,Minnesota,United States. It forms a range with the Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light to guide ships into the canal from Lake Superior.
The Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor are a collection of breakwaters,piers,and other structures in Lake Michigan located at the foot of Second Street in Frankfort,Michigan. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights are lighthouses in Michigan at the entrance to the St. Joseph River on Lake Michigan. The station was built in 1832 with the current lights built in 1906 and 1907;they were decommissioned in 2005.
The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light,also known as the Portage Entry Light,is a lighthouse located at the south end of breakwater at mouth of the Portage River in Torch Lake Township. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
