Detroit River Light (Bar Point Shoal Light), Monroe County, Michigan
Established 1875, current sparkplug lighthouse was built in 1885.
DETROIT RIVER (BAR POINT SHOAL) LIGHT
Location: LAKE ERIE S. OF DETROIT RIVER ENTRANCE
Station Established: 1875
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1885
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1979
Deactivated: n/a
Foundation Materials: WOOD/CEMENT CRIB; GRANITE PIER
Construction Materials: CAST IRON PLATE/BRICK LINING
Tower Shape: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: WHITE WITH BLACK UPPER
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER
Historical Information:
- Also known as Bar Point Shoal.
- 1875 – Lightship established on the shoal.
- 1885 – Current lighthouse built.
- 1979 – Lighthouse automated and solar power installed.
Keepers:
- Charles Northup (1885 – 1886 and 1893 – 1898)
- Richard Oddrey (1887 – 1890)
- Joseph Crawford (1898 – 1902)
- Enoch Scribner (1902 – 1912)
- Horace Watts (1912 – 1916)
- Walter Marshall (1916 – 1919)
- Harry Kcondway (1919 – 1921)
- John Sweet (1926 – 1933)
- William Small (1933 – 1938)
- Eli Martin (1938 – 1939)
Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.