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Managing Organization:
Isle Royale National Park
Telephone: 906-482-0984
Website: http://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm
Email:
Contact Address Information:
800 East Lakeshore Drive
Houghton
Michigan, 49931, United States
Notes:
This lighthouse was replaced by a light on nearby Menagerie Island. The National Park Service restored the lighthouse and keeper's house, which are within Isle Royale National Park.
Tower Height: 50
Height of Focal Plane: 70
Description of Tower: White, conical stone tower, attached to keeper's house.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1.5 story rubblestone keeper's house.
Date Established: 1855
Date Present Tower Built: 1855
Date Deactivated: 1879
Optics: 1875: Fourth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Museum in national park.
Open To Public? Yes.
Museum?
The tower is open daily in summer, and there is a small maritime museum in the keeper's house.
Directions:
Accessible by boat. Contact Isle Royale National Park for information on getting to the Rock Harbor Lighthouse.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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