![]() In 1891 a lightship had been stationed on nearby White Shoal. In 1902 the west corner of the protecting pier was filled in with concrete and stone and faced with iron plating. Stone and old timber were removed and new timber, steel casing for the enlarged pier, and stone and cement added. ![]() In the early 1896 further deterioration to the crib and pier resulted in Congress approving funding for major renovations. Upon completion the tower was painted with horizontal red and white bands.Ī steam whistle fog signal was installed in 1883. In 1883 a contract was given the Buhl Iron Works Company of Detroit to encase the entire tower with iron plate. Due to the hard climate of Lake Michigan and winter ice, the lighthouse needed major repairs in 1865 and again in the late 1880s. The building is made of brick with iron plating on the outside. Two-and-a-half story keeper’s quarters were constructed in 1852 as an integral part of the lighthouse station. The light had a fixed white light varied by a white flash every 45 seconds. The lantern was equipped with a Fourth Order Fresnel lens, the first one of these lenses in the Great Lakes. The tower was topped with a large “bird cage” style lantern room, one of only three of this style in the Great Lakes. The 76-foot high tower was built upon the crib base, twenty feet in diameter at the bottom, with five foot thick walls. Limestone slabs were then placed on the cement base and finished with solid masonry. A crib was taken to the site and a coffer dam built allowing the water to be removed and cement was placed on the shoal for the base. Lightship was replaced by the tower constructed on the shoal in 1851. Site was original location of the wooden lightship Lois McLane in 1832. Status: Standing, not operational, optic removed Relationship to other structures: keeper’s quarter is integral part of lighthouse Location: Northwest of Waugoshance Island at the western edge of the Straits of Mackinac/ Lake Michigan/Emmet Countyįoundation Materials: Timber crib filled with stone and cement baseĬonstruction Materials: Originally brick, encased with iron plate in the 1880’s. Waugoshance Lighthouse, Waugoshance Island, Emmet County, Michigan
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