St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights

St. Joseph North Pier Inner Light
St. Joseph North Pier Outer Light

Location	St. Joseph / Benton Harbor, Michigan
Coordinates	42°06′58″N 86°29′36″W / 42.11611°N 86.49333°W / 42.11611; -86.49333Coordinates: 42°06′58″N 86°29′36″W / 42.11611°N 86.49333°W / 42.11611; -86.49333
Year first lit	Outer: 1906; Inner: 1907[1]
Foundation	Pier[1]
Construction	Outer: Cast iron; Inner: Steel[1]
Tower shape	Outer: Cylindrical; Inner: Octagonal[2]
Markings / pattern	Outer: Black/white; Inner:Red/black/white
Height	Outer: 35 feet (11 m); Inner: 57 feet (17 m)[1]
Original lens	Outer: Fifth order Fresnel lens; Inner: Fourth order[1]
Range	Outer: 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi); Inner: 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[2]
Characteristic	Outer: Fl W 2.5s; Inner: Iso W 2s[2]
ARLHS number	Outer: USA-798; Inner: USA-797
USCG number	Outer: 7-19515; Inner: 7-19520[2]
St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP Reference #	05001211[3]
Added to NRHP	November 9, 2005

The St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights are lighthouses in Michigan at the entrance to the St. Joseph River on Lake Michigan. The station was built in 1832 with the current lights built in 1906 and 1907;^[1][4] they were decommissioned in 2005.^[5]

History

A project to preserve the lighthouses was completed in 2016.^[4][5]

Postage stamp

On June 17, 1995, the United States Postal Service issued a stamp depicting the lights as part of its Great Lakes Lighthouses series.^[6]

Notes

Further reading

• Penrod, John (1998). Lighthouses of Michigan. Berrien Center, MI: Penrod Hiawatha. ISBN 978-0-942618-78-5. 

External links

• Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: St. Joseph Pier Lights". 

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