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Split Rock Lighthouse State Park encompasses about four miles (6.4 km) of rocky shoreline on Lake Superior with several prominent headlands. Named features of the shore, from southwest to northeast, are the mouth of the Split Rock River, Split Rock Point, Crazy Bay, Corundum Point, the mouth of Split Rock Creek, Day Hill, Little Two Harbors, Stony Point (site of the lighthouse), and Gold Rock ...
Split Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, US on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service for $75,000, including the buildings and the land.
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard.There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.
Situated on Lake Superior, Split Rock Lighthouse is another National Historic Landmark. It sits on a cliff that towers 130 feet above the lake, and a climb to the top — when open — affords a ...
Only known remains of a schooner-barge, a little-known ship type with sails to aid its tow vessel. Launched in 1900 and wrecked during the infamous Mataafa Storm of 1905, prompting construction of the Split Rock Lighthouse nearby. [22] 14: Edward and Lisa Mattson House and Fish House: Edward and Lisa Mattson House and Fish House: August 9, 1990
The rugged location of the well-known Split Rock Lighthouse was chosen to mark dangerous reefs. The lighthouses in Two Harbors and Grand Marais, conversely, marked places of refuge. The first lighthouse in Grand Marais was built in 1884, but the current building dates to 1896. After 1946, it was used as a home for the U.S. Coast Guard commander ...
Splitrock is an abandoned townsite in Beaver Bay Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States; located at the mouth of the Split Rock River. Splitrock was inhabited from 1899 to 1906 as a company town to house workers for a logging operation. The site is now within the borders of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park: U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Split Rock Light Station: Yes 69000073: June 23, 2011 Washington Wisconsin Plum Island: U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915: Plum island Life-Saving Station: NRHP 10000385: June 24, 2010 Also: Plum Island Light Station