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Big Bay Point Light
Lighthouse in Michigan, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Big Bay Point Light is a lighthouse which stands on a tall bluff over a rocky point[7] near Big Bay, Michigan, approximately 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Marquette on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.[8][9][10][11] Today it is one of a few operational lighthouses with a bed and breakfast.[12][lower-alpha 1] It is reputed to be haunted.[14]
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Location | Big Bay, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 46°50′25″N 87°40′55″W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1896 |
Construction | Brick and reinforced concrete[1] |
Automated | 1941[2] |
Height | 64 feet (20 m)[citation needed] |
Shape | Octagonal lantern atop square tower which sits on attached duplex bed and breakfast[3] |
Markings | red brick with white lantern |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place ![]() |
Light | |
First lit | 1896[4] |
Deactivated | 1961 (Now Private Aid to Navigation) |
Focal height | 108 feet (33 m)[citation needed] |
Lens | Third order Fresnel Lens |
Range | 9.6 nautical miles; 18 kilometres (11 mi)[5] |
Characteristic | Fl W 6s ![]() |
Big Bay Point Light Station | |
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Nearest city | Big Bay, Michigan |
Area | 53 acres (21 ha) |
Architect | 11th District Light-House Engineer; US Lighthouse Establishment |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 88001837[6] |
Added to NRHP | October 12, 1988 |
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