Little Sable Point Light
The Little Sable Point Light is a lighthouse located south of Pentwater in the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the southwest corner of Golden Township, just south of Silver Lake State Park.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location | Ten miles south of Pentwater, Michigan on Lake Michigan, Little Sable Point, Golden Township, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′6″N 86°32′20″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1874 |
| Foundation | 109 wooden piles, driven into sand |
| Construction | Rust brick, Italianate bracketing |
| Automated | 1955 |
| Height | 107 feet (33 m) |
| Shape | Frustum of a cone |
| Markings | Red brick, natural (orig. white), black trim and lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1874 |
| Deactivated | 2014 |
| Focal height | 115 feet (35 m) |
| Lens | Third-Order Fresnel lens |
| Intensity | 40,000 candlepower |
| Range | 15 nautical miles; 27 kilometres (17 mi) |
| Characteristic | Flashing white, 1 flash every 6 sec. |
Little Sable Point Light Station (U.S. Coast Guard Light Station/Great Lakes) | |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Architect | Col. Orlando M. Poe |
| Architectural style | Italianate bracketing |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001827 |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The lighthouse was designed by Col. Orlando M. Poe and has been described as "a classic Poe tower." The design used 109 1-foot-diameter wood pilings driven into the sand, capped by 12 feet of stone as a stout base for the brick tower. The walls of the tower are 5 feet (1.5 m) thick at the base and 2 feet (0.61 m) at its zenith.
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