Alpena Light - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Alpena Light - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Alpena Light, also known as the Thunder Bay River LighthouseThunderbay National Marine Sanctuary, Thunder Bay River Lighthouse. or Alpena Breakwater Light, is a lighthouse on Lake Huron near Alpena, Michigan.Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Alpena (Lake Huron) Light ARLHS USA-007.Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights (WLOL). Standing on the north breakwater of Alpena Harbor, the light marks the entrance to the Thunder Bay River from Thunder Bay. The current lighthouse, built in 1914, replaced earlier wooden structures which had been in use since 1877 and 1888.Beacons in the Night: Michigan Lighthouse Chronology, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. The current light is a weather-protected structure on a steel frame. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, and the state inventory list the same year.National Park Service, Maritime Heritage Program, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Michigan Lighthouses, Alpena Light. Read more on Wikipedia
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