Lighthouse at Whitefish point sounding Fog Alarm - YouTube
Aug 5, 2010 · Lighthouse at Whitefish point sounding Fog Alarm. Whitefish point is on Lake Superior and the Shipwreck Museum sits behind the Lighthouse. The Ship's Bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald is...
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Wikipedia
On July 4, 1995, the GLSHS participated in the salvage of the bell from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Experts at Michigan State University spent hundreds of hours conserving the bell and …
Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Michigan at Lighthousefriends.com
A fog signal for Whitefish Point was requested as early as 1863, but it was in 1870 that its need was first clearly explained in the Lighthouse Board’s annual report: This is one of the most important lights on …
Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... A LIGHT IS ON IN THE GRAVEYARD
Whitefish Bay is notorious for its thick blankets of fog which, at times, appear to hover ceaselessly over the point. This dense fog is responsible for numerous collisions in the early years of shipping, and …
Whitefish Point Lighthouse and Museum, Michigan's Upper Peninsula
The tower is attached to the Keepers Dwelling by a hallway on the second floor. The light rotated with a clockwork mechanism, installed in 1863, that had to be wound hourly so an assistant Keeper was …
Whitefish Point | USLHS Digital Archive
1862: New tower placed in service. 1871: Fog signal building constructed. 1905: New corrugated iron fog signal building built. 1935: Fog signal building destroyed in storm. 1936: Brick fog signal building …
Whitefish Point Light - Whitefish Township, MI - Wikipedia ...
Aug 17, 2024 · In a vicious storm on October 11, 1935, the thirty year old corrugated iron fog signal building was irreparably destroyed. The following year a new cream city brick fog signal building was …