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Managing Organization:
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Website: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/lmfs/
Notes:
There is a NOAA research facility adjacent to the pier and lighthouse.
Tower Height: 53
Height of Focal Plane: 70
Description of Tower: Red, conical cast iron tower.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Oil house.
Date Established: 1851
Date Present Tower Built: 1903
Optics: 1903: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now 300 mm.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Follow US Route 31 to Muskegon; follow Sherman Boulevard to Beach Street. Follow Beach Street to the South Pier and lighthouse.
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