The Old Michigan City Light is a decommissioned lighthouse located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana.Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Old Michigan City (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-913Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights.
Built in 1858 at a cost of $8,000, this lighthouse, replaced an 1837 brick & stone light built at the edge of Lake Michigan. It was the second light at the site, and the predecessor to the Michigan City East Light, to which the lantern, lens and light were moved in 1904; it being the new light at the end of the newly extended pier.Wobser, David, Old Michigan City Lighthouse , at boatnerd.com.
It was remodeled in 1904. Seven Lighthouse keepers and fourteen assistant keepers served here from 1837 to 1940.
A fourth order Fresnel lens is on display.
It is one of a dozen past or present lighthouses in Indiana.
Location The lighthouse is located in Washington Park. It is open every day except Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m., except in winter.
See also Lighthouses in the United States National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act
References
Further reading
Andreas, A.T. (1884) History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago's Front Door, Chicago Public Library Digital Collection, website. Chicago, Scribner's Monthly (September 1875) Vol. X, No. 5. Graham, Charlotte, Another Step into History at Old Michigan City Light (August, 2003) Lighthouse Digest. Harris, Patricia. Michigan City: Indiana's Only Lighthouse. The Keeper's Log (Spring, 1987), pp. 22–25. Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. (1995) The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. . Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers. Karamanski, T. Ed., Historic Lighthouses and Navigational Aids of the Illinois Shore of Lake Michigan Loyola University & Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, (1989). Longstreet, Stephen (1973) Chicago 1860-1919 (New York: McKay). Lopez, Victor. "This Old Lighthouse: Chicago Harbor Beacon Gets a Facelift." Coast Guard (September, 1997), pp. 24–25. Mayer, Harold M. (1957) The Port of Chicago University of Chicago Press.
Rice, Mary J., Chicago: Port to the World (Follet Publishers, 1969). Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ; .
External links
Old Lighthouse Museum National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Lights, Michigan City Lights. Satellite view at Google Maps.