Many authors said
these lights were no longer in use, but the USCG 2000 Light List still
shows these range lights as active aids to navigation (No.'s 11790 and
11795).
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Location:
Front Range
Light is on West side of Cheboygan River, Rear Range Light is 1,115 ft.
from Front Range Light, Straits of Mackinac, NW end of Lake Huron
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CURRENT
TOWER LIT:
Front Range --- 1880
Rear Range --- 1910
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CURRENT
USE: Active aids to navigation
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AUTOMATED:
Unknown
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FOUNDATION
MATERIALS:
Front Range and 1880 Rear Range --- Piers / 1910 Rear Range --- Emplaced
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LIGHTHOUSE
MATERIALS: Front Range and 1880 Rear Range ---
Wood / 1910 Rear Range --- Steel
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TOWER SHAPE: Front Range ---
Square, integral (45 ft. tall) /
1880 Rear Range (per 1893 Light List) --- Square, pyramidal,
open-framework tower, upper part enclosed (68 ft tall) / 1910 Rear Range
--- Skeletal tower (75 ft. tall)
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COLOR(S)/MARKINGS/PATTERN: Front Range and 1880 Rear
Range --- White / 1910 Rear Range --- Black
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ORIGINAL LENS: Front and Rear
Range --- Sixth Order, Fresnel
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NEAT CHARACTERISTICS: The
Front Range Light now exhibits a pair of locomotive-type headlamps.
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