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The Peninsula Point Light is a lighthouse located at the southern tip of the Stonington Peninsula in Bay de Noc township in Delta County, Michigan. United States Coast Guard historical documents have over the years listed the name of the site as both Peninsula Point and Point Peninsula .
The Ponce De Leon Inlet Light Station was designated a National Historic Landmark on August 5, 1998, [7] [8] one of only eleven lighthouses to earn this designation. [9] The lighthouse and three keepers' dwellings have been restored, and are open to the public seven days a week. The lighthouse tower is open for climbing.
Saddlebunch Keys 1880 1963 2015 [3] ... St. Joseph Peninsula 1839 Never 1847 B : None ... C. ^ In 1960, the lighthouse was replaced with a skeletal steel tower. The ...
Jul. 29—It's hard to imagine what the magnificent four-acre peninsula on which Watch Hill Lighthouse is perched might be worth. It is a remarkable tongue of land surrounded by water, stretching ...
A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other technology made it obsolete is shining again as part of a national effort ...
Boca Chita Key is the island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The key is located in Biscayne Bay, just north of Sands Key. An ornamental 65-foot (20 m) lighthouse is present on the key. [1] [2] The harbor has a bulkhead with cleats where boats may be tied. [1]
At the same time, George Putnam, the newly appointed Commissioner of lighthouses, recommended the erection of lights on the breakwater. [3] In 1912, the Lighthouse Service erected temporary range lights on one of the piers. Funding for permanent lights was approved in 1913, and by 1914 permanent lights on the west breakwater were complete.
A group says it still needs to raise $6 million to fully renovate the structure.