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Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
	Rear Range Light
Location	Christmas, Michigan
Coordinates	46°26′13″N 86°41′28″W / 46.437°N 86.691°W
Tower
Constructed	1868
Foundation	concrete pier
Construction	steel
Automated	1914
Height	Tower - 64 feet (20 m)
Shape	Frustrum of a Cone
Markings	black & white Daymark tower/black lantern
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1914
Deactivated	1969
Focal height	21 m (69 ft)
Lens	Sixth order Fresnel Lens
Range	15 miles
Characteristic	F W

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The Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located off M-28 near Christmas, Michigan. It is also known as the Bay Furnace Rear Range Light. The corresponding front range light was replaced in 1968; the rear range light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[8] It is no longer an active aid to navigation.

The grounds only are publicly accessible, but a hike is required.^[9]

History

The Grand Island Range Lights were lit first in 1868.^[1] The original front range light was a wooden pyramid that held a sixth order Fresnel lens.^[1] The original rear range light was a sixth order Fresnel lens in a wooden tower atop a frame keeper's house,^[4] 500 feet to the rear of the front range light.^[1]

By 1914, these original frame structures were severely rotted, and both were replaced^[1] as part of a broader effort of replacing nearly all harbor lights with steel-framed structures.^[2] The new front range light was a 23-foot tall iron mast.^[1] 750 feet (230 m) to the rear of the front range light, a new automated^[2] rear range light was installed.^[1] The new rear range light was a 64-foot tower, the upper half (painted white)^[10] of which was part of a tower originally located at the Vidal Shoals.^[1] near Sault Ste. Marie.^[10]^[11] In 1939, the sixth order Fresnel lenses were replaced with 350 millimeter glass lenses, which still used acetylene gas.^[4] In 1968, the front range light was replaced with a "D9" style tubular steel structure;^[4] in 1969 the lights were deactivated.^[2]

Rear range light description

The 1914 Rear Range Light is a steel conical tower, 64 feet high, with a round lantern.^[2] The light of one of the tallest, if not the tallest, of the riveted steel plate light towers installed around the Great Lakes.^[2]^[12] The tower sits on a concrete foundation; a metal door in the base of the tower and interior spiral stair provides access to the light.The tower painted black on the bottom and white on the top, with a black lantern room. The existing light was built in 1914 replacing the original 1868 station.^[2]^[13]

Gallery

Interior of rear range light
1968 front range light; foundation of 1914 front range light is to left
Front range light, with rear in background

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Historic Light Station Information & Photography, Michigan, from the US Coast Guard, retrieved 1/1/10
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light from the state of Michigan, retrieved 1/1/10
^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Grand Island Range Lights from "Seeing the Light," Terry Pepper, retrieved 1/1/10
^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Grand Island Harbor Rear Range (Lake Superior) Light ARLHS USA-1080.
^ Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights (WLOL).
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
^ Publicly accessible lights in Michigan, National Park System, Maritime Heritage Project.
^ ^a ^b GRAND ISLAND HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS from the US Forest Service
^ Rowlett, Russ, Lighthouse Directory, Lighthouses of the Eastern Upper Peninsula -- Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Designs". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
^ National Park Service , Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic LIghts, Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light.

External links

Aerial photography, Grand Island West Channel Rear Range Lighthouse at Marinas.com.
Grand Island Harbor Range Lighthouse (Bay Furnace) from the Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy
Satellite view at Google maps.
GRAND ISLAND HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS from the US Forest Service

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[cg-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Historic Light Station Information & Photography, Michigan, from the US Coast Guard, retrieved 1/1/10

[state-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light from the state of Michigan, retrieved 1/1/10

[3] Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.

[pepper-4] Grand Island Range Lights from "Seeing the Light," Terry Pepper, retrieved 1/1/10

[5] Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.

[6] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Grand Island Harbor Rear Range (Lake Superior) Light ARLHS USA-1080.

[7] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights (WLOL).

[nris-8] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.

[9] Publicly accessible lights in Michigan, National Park System, Maritime Heritage Project.

[fs-10] GRAND ISLAND HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS from the US Forest Service

[rowlett-11] Rowlett, Russ, Lighthouse Directory, Lighthouses of the Eastern Upper Peninsula -- Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[12] Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Designs". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.

[Heritage-13] National Park Service , Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic LIghts, Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light.

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+By 1914, these original frame structures were severely rotted, and both were replaced<ref name = "cg"/> as part of a broader effort of replacing nearly all harbor lights with steel-framed structures.<ref name = "state"/>  The new front range light was a 23-foot tall iron mast.<ref name = "cg"/> {{convert|750|ft|m}} to the rear of the front range light, a new automated<ref name = "state"/> rear range light was installed.<ref name = "cg"/>  The new rear range light was a 64-foot tower, the upper half (painted white)<ref name = "fs">[http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/hiawatha/recreation/lighthouses/grand_island_east_channel_light/lightbrochure.pdf GRAND ISLAND HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS] from the US Forest Service</ref> of which was part of a tower originally located at the [[Vidal Shoals Channel Range Front and Rear|Vidal Shoals]].<ref name = "cg"/> near [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]].<ref name = "fs"/><ref name="rowlett">[http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miup.htm Rowlett, Russ, Lighthouse Directory, Lighthouses of the Eastern Upper Peninsula -- Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light.]  [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].</ref>  In 1939, the sixth order Fresnel lenses were replaced with 350 millimeter glass lenses, which still used acetylene gas.<ref name = "pepper"/>  In 1968, the front range light was replaced with a "D9" style tubular steel structure;<ref name = "pepper"/> in 1969 the lights were deactivated.<ref name = "state"/>
 == Rear range light description ==

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