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    The Cheboygan Crib Light is a light that marks the west pier head of the mouth of the Cheboygan River into Lake Huron. The pier head, in the center of...
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    in Cheboygan is served by the Cheboygan Area Schools district. The city is home to Cheboygan High School. Bois Blanc Island Cheboygan Crib Light Cheboygan...
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    Light is a lighthouse located on a reef that was the most serious hazard to navigation on Lake Superior. The exposed crib of the Stannard Rock Light is...
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    the Cheboygan Crib Light. The river forms the boundary between Benton Township and Inverness Township before flowing into the city of Cheboygan. The...
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    distance from dangerous rocks." Using underwater crib designs, the Board built the Waugoshance Light (1851) on a shoal, and demonstrated a "new level...
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  • plane (that is, the center) of the light source to the water. The latter can be much greater than the former if the light stands on a promontory. Several...
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  • across the street. Replaced with pole light. Tower moved to Sault Ste. Marie Coast Guard station. Replaced with light on metal tower. Lighthouse is privately...
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    can be had from the Cheboygan Crib Light and the Cheboygan State Park. On May 15, 2012, the National Park Service made the light available for ownership...
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    settlement east of Cheboygan. The lighthouse is visible from Lighthouse Point near the ruins of the Cheboygan Main Light Station in Cheboygan State Park and...
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    the Martin Reef Light Historical Preservation Society Inc. The Martin Reef Lighthouse sits on a 65 feet (20 m) square concrete-filled crib, placed in 10...
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    the Coast Guard. The light was sold at auction in 2014 for $65,500. The Round Island Passage Light is constructed on a timber crib foundation which is...
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    Places listings in Michigan Listings in neighboring counties: Alpena, Cheboygan List of Great Lakes shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places...
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    Mackinac. Construction of the crib style light began in 1908 and the light was commissioned on September 1, 1910. Final cost of light construction was $225,000...
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    Board completed the Detroit River Light in 1885 at a cost of $78,000. The light was first lit on August 20, 1885. The crib was transported to the site from...
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    The Ludington Light is a 57-foot (17 m) tall steel-plated lighthouse in Ludington, Michigan, which lies along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, at...
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  • Thumbnail for William Livingstone Memorial Light
    The William Livingstone Memorial Light is an Art Deco lighthouse located at the northeast end of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, facing Lake St. Clair...
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    concrete caissons forming the foundation. Reinforced concrete forms the crib, within which is a basement 69 feet (21 m) on a side. The basement is divided...
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    Huron (LV-103). Successively, using underwater crib designs, the Board built on a shoal the Waugoshance Light (1851), and demonstrated a "new level of expertise"...
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    configuration. The "front" range light was constructed on a square timber crib beside the western river bank, and took the form of a 34-foot (10 m) tall...
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    The Frankfort Light is a lighthouse located on the north breakwater in the harbor in Frankfort, Michigan. The current light was constructed in 1912 and...
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  • nets in the area. Today public access is facilitated by a timber and rock crib dock near the old lighthouse. Beginning in 2002, Manitou Island became the...
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  • Thumbnail for Grays Reef Light
    The Grays Reef Light is a lighthouse located in northeastern Lake Michigan, 3.8 miles (6.1 km) west of Waugoshance Island in Bliss Township, Michigan...
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  • Thumbnail for Big Bay Point Light
    The Big Bay Point Light is a lighthouse which stands on a tall bluff over a rocky point near Big Bay, Michigan, approximately 24 miles (39 km) northwest...
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    Point Iroquois Light is a lighthouse on a Chippewa County bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan. Point Iroquois and its light mark the division line between...
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    is similar to the Martin Reef Light located about 10 miles (16 km) to the west, and Poe Reef Light located near Cheboygan, Michigan. The same crew built...
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    Eastern Lower Peninsula Alpena Caseville Harbor Charity Island Cheboygan Crib Cheboygan River Front Range Detroit River Fort Gratiot Forty Mile Point Fourteen...
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    Marquette Harbor. A strong storm destroyed the original light in 1889. The new light sits on a concrete crib at the southernmost end of the breakwater wall. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Big Sable Point Light
    Big Sable Point Light is a lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Ludington State Park just...
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  • Thumbnail for Tawas Point Light
    Tawas Point Light is located in the Tawas Point State Park off Tawas Bay in Lake Huron in Baldwin Township in Northern Michigan. In 1850, Congress appropriated...
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    Charity Island Light is a lighthouse on Big Charity Island in Lake Huron just off the coast of Au Gres, Northern Michigan. In 1838, the region was the...
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