Grand Island North Light Station - Old North Light, Munising Michigan
The Old North Light Station, built in 1867, is the oldest in the Pictured Rocks area of Lake Superior and predates the organization of Alger County, in which it stands, as well as the closest town, Munising, established in 1885. The lighthouse and its surrounding buildings present a strikingly original example of a nineteenth-century light station. Never encroached upon by development and never modernized, it still retains its original form and utilizes the same lighting, heating, water, and sanitation systems as when originally constructed. The building retains many features which were installed for functional purposes: internal shafts in the tower for the pendulum of the occulting mechanism, tool closets with original brass fittings, and a massive cast-iron staircase and deck. Illuminated
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