- South Haven Light
Infobox_Lighthouse
caption = South Pierhead Light
location = South Haven,Michigan
coordinates = coord|42|24|08|N|86|17|04|W|type:landmark
yearlit = 1903
automated =
foundation = Pier
construction = Cast iron [ [http://www.michiganlights.com/southhavenlh.htm Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, South Haven Light.] ]
shape = Cylindrical w/catwalk
marking = red/black lantern, parapet and markings
height = Tower - convert|35|ft|m
elevation = Focal plane - convert|37|ft|m [cite web|url=http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm |author=Pepper, Terry|title="Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes"]
lens = Fifth orderFresnel lens
currentlens = Sixth orderFresnel lens
focal plane height = 37 feet
range = convert|12|mi|km
characteristic = Fl R 4 seconds
fogsignal = HORN: 2 blast ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). Diaphone. [ [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, US Coast Guard Lightlist] in PDF Format.]
ARLHS = USA-772
USCG = 7-19505The South Haven South Pierhead Light is alighthouse inMichigan , at the entrance to the Black River onLake Michigan . The station was established in 1872, and is still operational. The tower is a shortened version of the Muskegon South Pierhead Light, and replaced an 1872 wooden tower. The catwalk is original and still links the tower to shore: it is one of only four that survive in the State of Michigan. [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/manistee.htm National Park Service, National Maritime Heritage Program, Inventory of Historic Lights, Manistee North Pier.] ]History
The keeper's house is on shore, 2-1/2 stories stall, wood with a hipped-roof. It was also built in 1872, and is located at 91 Michigan Avenue onshore, was transferred to the city for preservation in 2000. The Michigan Maritime Museum has renovated the keeper's house as the Marialyce Canonie Great Lakes Research Library. [ [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miwl.htm Lighthouse Digest, Western Michigan lights, South Haven Light (University of North Carolina).] ]
A Fifth order
Fresnel lens manufactured by Parisian glass makers Barbier and Fenestre was installed in the lantern.The current tower was designed by Eleventh District engineer James G. Warren. [ [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/southaven/southaven.htm Terry Pepper, "Seeing the Light", South Haven Pier Light.] ]
The
U.S. Lighthouse Service elected to tear down the wooden lighthouse and replace it. On October 6, 1903 ten workers arrived on the USLHS tender "Hyacinth" and began the project. It took a little more than a month to complete the project. According to "The Daily Tribune" (October 14, 1903) the lantern room was brought from Muskegon, Michigan where it had spent forty years on duty. [ [http://www.lhdepot.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=539 Harrison, Timothy, "South Haven Lights...Pages From Their Past", "Lighthouse Digest", October, 1999.] ]In 1913, the location was deemed unsatisfactory, and the
cast iron lighthouse was moved 425 feet to the end of the pier. [ [http://www.lhdepot.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=539 Harrison, Timothy, "South Haven Lights...Pages From Their Past", "Lighthouse Digest", October, 1999.] ]In 1999, Lighthouse Digest published an extensive article on the light, filled with interesting anecdotes and ephemera. [ [http://www.lhdepot.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=539 Harrison, Timothy, "South Haven Lights...Pages From Their Past", "Lighthouse Digest", October, 1999.] ]
Getting there
In 2005 this museum reported it was "in the process" of acquiring the lighthouse. It is accessible to the public, and located on the south pier at the mouth of the Black River, at the end of Water Street. [ [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Michigan/southhaven.htm Wobser, David and Petill, Jerry, South Haven Light, boatnerd.com.] ] Located at the end of the pier at the foot of Water Street in South Haven. One can get there by walking the pier after parking in the nearby city park. The site is open, but the tower is closed (except for open house during the city's mid-June Harborfest). [ [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miwl.htm Lighthouse Digest, Western Michigan lights, South Haven Light (University of North Carolina).] ]
Bibliography and further reading
* [http://www.michiganlighthouse.org/bibliography.html Bibliography on Michigan lighthouses.]
* Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, "The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses" (2002) ISBN 1592231020; ISBN 978-1592231027.
* Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. "The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes." Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0814325548 ISBN 9780814325544.
* Jones, Ray & Bruce Roberts, "American Lighthouses" (Globe Pequot, September 1, 1998, 1st Ed.) ISBN 0762703245; ISBN 978-0762703241.
* Jones, Ray,"The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference" (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0762727357; ISBN 978-0762727353.
* Noble, Dennis, "Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy" (Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997). ISBN 1557506388; ISBN 9781557506382.
* Oleszewski, Wes, "Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses", (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
* Penrod, John, "Lighthouses of Michigan", (Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998) ISBN 9780942618785 ISBN 9781893624238.
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* Putnam, George R., "Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States", (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
* United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation", (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
* [http://www.uscg.mil/History/weblighthouses/h_lhbib.asp United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography".]
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* Wagner, John L., "Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective", (East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner, 1998) ISBN 1880311011 ISBN 9781880311011.
* Wargin, Ed, "Legends of Light: A Michigan Lighthouse Portfolio" (Ann Arbor Media Group, 2006). ISBN 9781587262517.
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, "Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia" Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993Notes
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Lighthouses in the United States External links
* [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080520/SPECIAL01/80519001 Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses.]
* [http://www.lhdepot.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=539 Harrison, Timothy, "South Haven Lights...Pages From Their Past", "Lighthouse Digest", October, 1999.]
* [http://www.lighthousesrus.org/Maps/GL/MichiganSouth.htm Interactive map of lighthouses in southern Lake Michigan.]
* [http://www.lighthousecentral.com/lighthouse_gallery.php4?lighthouse=South%20Haven%20Pier%20Light Lighthouse Central, Photographs, History, Directions and Way points for Southhaven South Pier Light, "The Ultimate Guide to West Michigan Lighthouses" by Jerry Roach (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - 2005).] ISBN 0-9747977-0-7.
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miwl.htm Lighthouse Digest, Western Michigan lights, South Haven Light (University of North Carolina).]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=187 Lighthouse Friends (South Haven South Pier Light).]
* [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_shpo_lightmap_50933_7.pdf Map of Michigan Lighthouse] in PDF Format.
* [http://www.michiganlights.com/southhavenlh.htm Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, South Haven Light.]
*National Park Service [http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/shavens.htm South Haven South Pierhead Light, Maritime Heritage Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Michigan Lighthouses, South Haven Light.]
* Tag, Phyllis L., Great Lakes Lighthouse Research, [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/southaven/keepers.htm Keepers of the South Haven Light.]
* [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/southaven/southaven.htm Terry Pepper, "Seeing the Light", South Haven Pier Light.]
*U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMI.asp 's complete list of Michigan lights with photographs and descriptions, including South Haven Light.]
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, US Coast Guard Lightlist] in PDF Format.
* [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Michigan/southhaven.htm Wobser, David and Petill, Jerry, South Haven Light, boatnerd.com.]
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