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Condition at this date:

Shape of tower in plan:

Form of tower:

Height from base to ventilator ball:

Height of focal plane
above mean high water:

Background of lighthouse as seen from sea:

Color of tower:

Color of tower/ how produced:

Tower connection:

Object for navigation:

Building materials:

General desc:

Wall thickness at base:

Wall thickness at parapet:

Diameter at base:

Diameter at parapet:

Kind of stairway and steps:

Number of landings:

Size of glass:

Number of windows and size of sash:

Number of doors:

Kind of foundation and depth below surface:

Character of soil surrounding the lighthouse:

Soil susceptibility:

Misc remarks:

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Alpena Light Station

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Foundation in bad shape.

Pyramidal.

50 feet

53 feet

City buildings & a few trees.

Brown

Paint

Detached, Keeper's dwelling about 1500' away.

Harbor light.

wooden skeleton frame-upper part enclosed by vertical wood ceiling.

Wooden skeleton tower.

18' 0"

9' 6"

Wooden stairs & steps lead from crib to lantern.

1st landing at fog signal floor. 2nd at lamp room floor.

10" x 14"

4 windows - 2'2.5" x 2'8.75", 4 panes to a sash.

1 wooden door leads from landing into fog signal apparatus room.

Wood crib in 12' of water.

Sand bottom.

The crib supporting the tower is in bad shape. Timbers are rotten & the planking is very rotten & full of holes - not safe to walk on at night. Crib should be topped with concrete & a steel beacon with fog bell provided.

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