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It was the second light at the site, and the predecessor to the Michigan City East Light, to which the lantern, lens and light were moved in 1904; it being the new light at the end of the newly extended pier. [7] It was remodeled in 1904. Seven Lighthouse keepers and fourteen assistant keepers served here from 1837-1940. [8]
There has been a lighthouse in Michigan City for 170 years. However, "most people in Indiana don’t realize there is a lighthouse in the state." Mayor Oberlie passes out lapel pins to illustrate its importance and scope. He calls Lake Michigan "the city’s crown jewel," which became prominent when he was city planner in the 1970s. [10]
The Rock of Ages Light is a U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse on a small rock outcropping (50 by 200 feet (15 m × 61 m)) [9] approximately 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Washington Island and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Isle Royale, in Eagle Harbor Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan (see map below).
Michigan City Breakwater Light: Michigan City: N/A 1904 Never 1909 (Destroyed) None Unknown Michigan City East Light (East Pierhead Light) Michigan City: 1904 1960 [1] Active 2130C 50 ft (15 m) Michigan City West Pierhead Light: Michigan City: N/A 1875 Never 1906 (Destroyed) None Unknown Old Michigan City Light
Catherine Shook became Michigan’s first female light keeper when she took over for her husband, Peter, after he drowned in 1849. In 1857, the lighthouse and dwelling were replaced with the present 89-foot tower and attached house. In 1908, the brick assistant keeper’s house was built. The lighthouse was fully automated in 1934.
There is a background chapter on the first recorded women lighthouse keepers, Irish nuns of the St. Anne's convent in County Cork who maintained the Youghal lighthouse during the years 1190–1542, [3] and the first American woman lighthouse keeper in 1775 at Boston Harbor when Hannah Thomas assumed her husband's lighthouse keeper duties as he ...
Dombrowski is among some of this nation's last resident lighthouse keepers. The 64-year-old and his wife have called Goat Island Lighthouse home for the better part of 30 years. Built in 1833, the ...
The site includes two brick oil houses, a workshop, barn, cistern in lighthouse keeper's house, converted boathouse (now a garage), a second keepers house, two outhouses, and a dock. [ 15 ] On July 19, 1984, the site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places , Reference #84001846 as Seul Choix Pointe Light Station (U.S. Coast Guard ...