Location | Ottawa County, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 42°46′21.7″N86°12′44.7″W / 42.772694°N 86.212417°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1872 |
Foundation | Pier |
Construction | Wood |
Automated | 1970 |
Height | 42 feet (13 m) |
Shape | Square |
Markings | red |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, Michigan state historic site |
Light | |
First lit | 1872 |
Focal height | 15 m (49 ft) |
Lens | Sixth order Fresnel lens (removed) |
Range | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) (white), 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) (red) |
Characteristic | Alt WR 10s |
Holland Harbor Lighthouse | |
Nearest city | Holland, Michigan |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1907 |
NRHP reference No. | 78001509 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 20, 1978 |
Designated MSHS | January 16, 1976 |
The Holland Harbor Light, known as Big Red, is located in Park Township, Michigan at the entrance of a channel connecting Lake Michigan with Lake Macatawa, and which gives access to the city of Holland, Michigan.
The lighthouse is on the south side of the channel. There are two modern lights marking the ends of the breakwaters that extend out into the Lake Michigan beyond the lighthouse.
After decades of local requests that went unanswered, in 1870 the United States Lighthouse Board finally recommended construction of the first light at Holland Harbor. It was thereupon approved by the U.S. Congress. [2]
Text of the Michigan Historic Site marker:
Except for its color, it is a virtual twin of the Kewaunee Pierhead Light on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan. [4]
In 2007, the United States Department of the Interior announced that the Holland Harbor Light would be protected, making it the 12th Michigan lighthouse to have such status. [5]
Public access to Big Red is restricted due to the fact one must cross private property to see the lighthouse up close. The best vantage points that are accessible to the general public are from across the channel at Holland State Park.
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