St. Joseph Lighthouse
July 7, 2011
St. Joseph Lighthouses, photo by KentV999.
The page on the St. Joseph Pier Lights from Terry Pepper’s Seeing the Light says that while the first lighthouse in St. Joseph is thought to be in the home of Captain Pickering in 1832, where the family put lanterns in their windows so ships would know where the entrance to the St. Joseph River was located:
St. Joseph’s first Federal lighthouse was constructed in 1859 on the hill above the harbor, and served the area until 1906 when the north pier was extended 1,000 feet, and the cast iron pier head light installed.
…The inner pier light was built in 1907, to serve as a rear range for the existing pierhead tower, allowing vessels to line up accurately on the channel from far out in the Lake. Over a a steel frame, the structure was encased in 3/8 inch steel plates. Twenty-six feet square, the building was capped by an octagonal cast iron lantern room, and equipped with a Fourth Order lens manufactured by Chance Brothers of Birmingham, England. At some point thereafter, this lens was removed from the tower, to be replaced by a Fourth Order Fresnel lens manufactured by Sautter & Cie, of Paris, the lens that remains in the tower to this day.
Check it out on black and in Kent’s St. Joseph MI slideshow.
To beat the heat, check out the St. Joseph Lighthouse slideshow from the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr which features a lot of wintertime shots!
In The Pines
July 6, 2011
In The Pines, photo by Steve Zimmerman Images.
Hey folks, sorry for the slow posting this week.
Check it out bigger and in Steve’s Steve’s slideshow.
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Cherry (festival) Time
July 5, 2011
Stop! Cherry Time., photo by nasunto.
The National Cherry Festival is underway here in my hometown of Traverse City with all kinds of parades, family fun and (of course) plenty of delicious cherries!
Learn about Michigan cherries from Absolute Michigan and remember that Michigan tastes better!
See this background boomtacular and in Nina’s slideshow.
Magic Kingdom Time
July 1, 2011
Magic Kingdom, photo by Cherie S.
One of the best sites for the Fourth of July weekend to have on speed dial is michiganfireworks.com.
Check this out bigger and in Cherie’s Detroit slideshow.
Hope you all have a great July 4th weekend!
