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Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Passage Island Light Station-1886

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Log crib filled with rubble stone forms face of wharf; wharf 12' wide 80' long & 4' high built of logs & planked over.

Plank walk leads N about 150' & connects w/ inclined tramway leading to back of wharf. Length of inclined plane

By boat only. Communication afforded by intercepting steamers to & from Port Arthur or Fish Tugs at Isle Royale.

45 miles to Port Arthur Ontario, Canada. A steam boat landing & RR station & 205 miles to Duluth, MN. a

Port Arthur, 45 miles

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By hiring steamer or tug at Port Arthur or at Duluth, MN.

tower

1882

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