Marquette Harbor Lighthouse is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on September 7th, 2016.
Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
Marquette Harbor Light is one of the more picturesque. It sits on a rock bluff above Lake Superior. The tower is on the lake side of the... more
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Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
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Phyllis Taylor
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Marquette Harbor Light is one of the more picturesque. It sits on a rock bluff above Lake Superior. The tower is on the lake side of the dwelling.
Following the discovery of iron ore in the 1850's and the opening of the first Soo Lock in 1855, Marquette became an important shipping port. The first lighthouse was built in Marquette in 1853 and re-constructed in 1866.
The present red brick building is the 1866 re-construction, plus a second story that was added to the dwelling in 1906. The brick tower is 9'-4" square and 38'-9" high. The walls are 13ft thick at the base. The ten-sided cast iron lantern room is 70 feet above Lake Superior. Equipped in 1906 with a Fourth Order Fresnel lens built by Barbier, Bernard & Turenne of Paris. Now lighted with a Westinghouse 36" airway beacon rated at 703,000 candlepower.
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