Peninsula Point Light
Peninsula Point Lighthouse
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| Location | Stonington, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°40′06″N 86°58′00″W / 45.6682°N 86.9666°WCoordinates: 45°40′06″N 86°58′00″W / 45.6682°N 86.9666°W |
| Year first constructed | 1865 |
| Year first lit | 1866 |
| Automated | 1922 |
| Deactivated | 1936 |
| Foundation | Natural emplaced |
| Construction | Brick |
| Tower shape | Square, decagonal lantern |
| Markings / pattern | Natural yellow with black parapet and lantern |
| Height | 40 feet (12 m) |
| Focal height | 40 feet (12 m) |
| Original lens | Oil lamp, 4th order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens | Removed |
| Range | 10 nautical miles; 19 kilometres (12 mi) |
| Characteristic | white flash every 30 seconds. |
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Peninsula Point Lighthouse
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U.S. Coast Guard Archive Photo
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| Nearest city | Escanaba, Michigan |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference # | 75000941 |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1975 |
| Heritage | place listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
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USA-591
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 United States Coast Guard historical documents have over the years listed the name of the site as both Peninsula Point and Point Peninsula.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 Stonington Peninsula juts into Lake Michigan from the southern coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula at a key point along the shipping lanes to and from the docks of Escanaba and Gladstone, as a hazardous shoal extends more than 2 miles (3.2 km) out into the lake, posing a hazard to shipping. Thus the light had two purposes: (1) it marked a turning point; and (2) it warned mariners away from the rocks and shallows. Danger was inherent in the confluence of reefs and the shipping channels, through which fish, iron ore, lumber, along with other products were transported. "The U.S. Government recognized the need for a lighthouse on the peninsula to aid navigation around these dangerous shoals and reefs separating Big Bay de Noc, Little Bay de Noc, and Green Bay of Lake Michigan."
Although Congress voted funds to build the lighthouse founded in 1856. On July 20, 1864, funds were again appropriated for the building of a lighthouse on the Stonington Peninsula on July 20, 1864. It was not built until 1865 following the United States Civil War. It maintained as an active aid to navigation until 1934.
Point Peninsula Light's first keeper was Mr. Charles Beggs, who died there in 1887. The second keeper was Mr. Henry Corgan. Mr. Peter Knutsen was third. In 1889 Captain James D. Armstrong was appointed keeper and this was home to him and his family until 1922.
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