Construction 'Norman Gothic Style' Markings / pattern Cream yellow brick Automated 1918 | Tower shape Octagonal Opened 1875 | |
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Location Near Whitehall, Michigan Year first lit 1872 South Pier,
1876 Main Tower Original lens Fourth order Fresnel lens Similar Little Sable Point Light, Big Sable Point Light, Manistique East Breakwat, Grand Haven South Pie, Muskegon Pier Light | ||
White river light house
The White River Light is a lighthouse on Lake Michigan near the city of Whitehall, Michigan. It sits on a thin peninsula of land separating Lake Michigan from White Lake. The building was built in 1875.
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Some of the buildings in existence for the lightstation consisted of the tower and attached dwelling, the South Pier-head Beacon light, oil house, woodshed or strage building and Privy.
The lighthouse is open to the public as a museum with regular hours posted from Memorial Weekend through August 31. The lighthouse is also open through September and October with reduced hours. The museum has a number of artifacts from the passenger and freight shipping on the lakes in addition to information on the light itself.
Micah almost walking at the white river light house
References
White River Light Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA