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The Navigation Structures at Saugatuck Harbor consist of two piers flanking the mouth of the Kalamazoo River on the shore of Lake Michigan in Saugatuck Township, Michigan. The structures were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]
The piers are stone-filled timber cribs, 20 feet (6.1 m) wide, with the exception of the shoreward portion of the south pier, which is constructed of wooden pilings filled with sand. [3] The original piers were wrapped in sheet piling in the 1950s-60s, and the entire structure capped in concrete; the piers now range from 27 feet (8.2 m) to 33 ...
Below is a list of ports in the Great Lakes region, which includes Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior, as well as the smaller Lake St. Clair. Lake Superior [ edit ]
Lake Michigan waves crashed into a lighthouse pier in Saint Joseph, Michigan, on February 19, as strong winds and cold temperatures swept through the region.Nathan Voytovick, who recorded this ...
The north and south piers are parallel to each other, and are 200 feet apart, The north pier is 1717 feet long and the south pier is 1953 feet long. The piers are constructed from a series of piles near the shore, and additional cribs at the end. The entire pier has a concrete superstructure. The revetments were originally of timber pile.
The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster [a] refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats capsized, seven people died, and 46 people were injured.
In 1904, the pier was extended, and the range lights were moved lakeward. In 1906/07, the present set of range lights was constructed. [6] The 1859 lighthouse remained in use until 1919 when a tower was erected on the south pier. It was demolished in 1955. In 2008, the north pier inner and outer range lights were deemed excess.
The northern pier is 1,414 ft (431 m) long, and the southern pier is 1,495 ft (456 m) long. The channel itself is 300 ft (91 m) wide and 23 ft (7.0 m) deep, running from Lake Michigan to a point 1,000 ft (300 m) inside the ends of the pier.