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Managing Organization:
Marquette Maritime Museum
Telephone: 906-226-2006
Website: http://mqtmaritimemuseum.com
Contact Address Information:
300 Lakeshore Boulevard
Marquette,
Michigan, 49855, United States
Notes:
This lighthouse is leased by the U.S. Coast Guard to the Marquette Maritime Museum.
Tower Height: 40
Height of Focal Plane: 77
Description of Tower: Red, square brick tower attached to keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Intergral two-story brick keeper's house.
Date Established: 1853
Date Present Tower Built: 1866
Optics: Fourth order Fresnel lens, moved in 1908 to Marquette Breakwater Light, now on display at Marquette Maritime Museum.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, Coast Guard housing.
Open To Public? No.
Museum?
The Marquette Maritime Museum offers tours of the lighthouse seasonally (May - Oct). Call 906-226-2006 for more information.
Directions:
Park at the Marquette Maritime Museum at East Ridge and Lakeshore Boulevard. The museum offers tours of the lighthouse in season.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Walter Aho (Coast Guard).
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