This week's lighthouse goes by several different names, and might not even be a lighthouse, literally, so I went with the name on Google Maps. Petoskey is way up north in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on the Lake Michigan coast (i.e., the western side). This Google Map satellite view shows where it is; I used the satellite view because it's much easier to see the breakwater than on the regular map. Zoom out to locate it geographically, satellite-wise or map-wise.
I've extracted a considerable amount of text from the Lighthouse Directory:
"Date unknown (station established 1899). Active; focal plane 44 ft (13.5 m); red flash every 2.5 s. 33 ft (10 m) round "D9" round cylindrical steel tower, painted white with one red horizontal band, on a square 1-story concrete base. ... This is one of many modern pierhead lights of similar design throughout the Great Lakes, but it is highly visible and is regarded locally as a lighthouse. In the winter of 2006 a violent storm damaged the breakwater but the light was not affected. The original light was on a post. The second light, built in 1912, was a hexagonal "pagoda" style cast iron tower; it was swept away by a storm in 1924. It was replaced by a steel skeletal tower in 1930. ... Located at the end of the breakwater at the entrance to the harbor."
Other sites about this one:
Petoskey Harbor Breakwater and Bayfront Lighthouse
Petoskey Pierhead Light (like I said, it has a few different names)Pictures below, including the old one. The first one demonstrates it still gets cold up there.
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