 LAKE HURON LIGHTS |
USCG PHOTO |
DeTour originally had a light station on the mainland. It was a white, iron-pile skeleton tower --- the information below is for the light put on the reef in 1931. |
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LOCATION: On outer end of reef, West side of St. Marys River mouth, North side of Lake Huron |
CURRENT TOWER LIT: 1931 |
CURRENT USE: Active aid to navigation |
AUTOMATED: 1974 |
FOUNDATION MATERIALS: Crib |
LIGHTHOUSE MATERIALS: Reinforced concrete / Steel |
TOWER SHAPE: Square --- 63 ft. tall |
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COLOR(S)/MARKINGS/PATTERN: White |
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ORIGINAL LENS: Three and one-half Order, Fresnel |
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NEAT CHARACTERISTICS: Original 1847 skeletal tower on land had a Fourth Order, Fresnel (per 1858 Light List) and the 1861 skeletal tower on land had a Third Order, Fresnel (per 1893 Light List). |
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