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Nearest Town or City:	Fairport Michigan United States
Location:	Northwest Lake Michigan
Managing Organization:	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Notes:	This lighthouse was replaced by an automated light on a skeletal pole in 1976. Since then it has been increasingly endangered by neglect and vandalism.
Tower Height:	60
Description Tower:	White, conical brick tower; lantern removed.
Operational:	Yes
Date Established:	1874
Date Present Tower Built:	1874
Current Use:	Abandoned.
Open To Public:	No.
Directions:	Accessible by boat only. Shoreline Charters in Gills Rock, Wisconsin, offers lighthouse cruises that pass Poverty Island. Call (920) 854-2606 or email front@theshorelineresort.com for information.
Other Buildings:	1.5 story wood frame keeper's house, steel fog signal building, storage building, cistern.
Date Automated:	1957
Optics:	1874: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 300 mm.
Height Focal Plane:	80
National Register:	No
State:	Michigan
Country:	United States
Date Deactivated:	1976

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