Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Lighthouse of the Week, August 26 - September 1, 2018: Holland Harbor, Michigan ("Big Red")



Since there is a lot of information about this famous lighthouse, I'll excerpt from the Lighthouse Directory first:
1936 (light tower added to the 1907 fog signal building; station established 1872). Active: focal plane 52 ft (16 m); flash every 10 s, alternating red and white. 45 ft (13.5 m) square cylindrical steel-clad wood tower with lantern and gallery (1936) mounted on a 2-story steel-clad brick fog signal building (1907); 250 mm lens (1932). Entire building painted red. The 6th order Fresnel lens (1907) is on display at the Holland Museum. The second (1907) lighthouse was relocated in 1937 as the Calumet Harbor Breakwater South End Light in Indiana. The building was painted a buff color for the first four decades of its life; it acquired its trademark red in 1956. In 2005, the lighthouse was offered for transfer under NHLPA; the Holland Harbor Lighthouse Historical Commission was the only applicant. In February 2007 title to the lighthouse was transferred to the Commission. By 2012 the lighthouse had faded to Big Pink; it was repainted for free by Lamar Construction using donated paint and supplies. Located on the south pier at the harbor entrance in Macatawa, west of Holland.
Big Red Lighthouse Web page from Holland, Michigan's Web site.

Holland, Michigan locator map (Google Maps)

Lots of pictures!



From Fine Art America by Michelle Calkins

It's cold there in the winter

Collectible 1

Collectible 2 

The Fresnel lens that used to be Big Red's light




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