Grand Haven Lighthouse Sparkle
by Michael Rucker
Original - Not For Sale
Price
$500
Dimensions
5184.000 x 3456.000 pixels
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Title
Grand Haven Lighthouse Sparkle
Artist
Michael Rucker
Medium
Photograph - Photo / Digital
Description
Grand Haven South Pier and Pierhead Inner Light is a set of range lights built in 1905 to mark the entrance to the grand River at grand haven, Michigan. the lights are set in concrete breakwater extending into lake Michigan on the south side of the river mouth, because of the early importance of the Grand haven harbor, a lighthouse was built here in 1839.
Inner Lighthouse ; a red,conical steel plate 51 ft tower fabricated by the American Bridge Company in 1905. the original Sixth order Lens was given to the city, and replaced by a plastic lens.
Pierhead (Outer): is the original fog signal building built in 1875 which was moved to end of breakwater in 1905 after the pierhead been extended several times. The red, wood frame structure was sheathed in corrugated iron in 1922.
The story and 1/2 building once housed the boilers to run the fog signal. It has a unique, massive concrete V-Shaped front facing lake Michigan, that is designed to protect the building from the fury of lake Storms. this concrete gives the building the appearance of a ships bow. the Octagonal lantern is fitted with a plastic lens.
The U.S. Coast Guard Station-Grand Haven is responsible for maintaining this light and 15 lighthouses on the west coast of lake Michigan
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March 18th, 2018
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. If enabled, your image will be posted to our group Pinterest Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “Featured Images – March 2018” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan