Copper Harbor Front Range Light
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The Copper Harbor Front Range Light is in Copper Harbor, Michigan
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While the Copper Harbor Light effectively illuminated the area of the harbor, it failed to guide mariners through the narrow opening of rocks at its entrance. Construction on the range lights were completed in 1869.
According to US Government publication, "The American Practical Navigator", Chapter 5:
Range lights are light pairs that indicate a specific line of position when they are in line. The higher rear light is placed behind the front light. When the mariner sees the lights vertically in line, he is on the range line. If the front light appears left of the rear light, the observer is to the right of the range line; if the front appears to the right of the rear, the observer is left of the range line.http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/APN/Chapt-05.pdf
It is considered to iconic, and has been the subject of memorabilia.
Copper Harbor, Michigan
Copper Harbor is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is within Grant Township on the Keweenaw Peninsula that juts from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Superior.-History:...
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While the Copper Harbor Light effectively illuminated the area of the harbor, it failed to guide mariners through the narrow opening of rocks at its entrance. Construction on the range lights were completed in 1869.
According to US Government publication, "The American Practical Navigator", Chapter 5:
Range lights are light pairs that indicate a specific line of position when they are in line. The higher rear light is placed behind the front light. When the mariner sees the lights vertically in line, he is on the range line. If the front light appears left of the rear light, the observer is to the right of the range line; if the front appears to the right of the rear, the observer is left of the range line.http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/APN/Chapt-05.pdf
It is considered to iconic, and has been the subject of memorabilia.
External links
- Aerial photos, Copper Harbor Front Range Light, marinas.com.
- Exploring the North, Copper Harbor Lights.
- Lighthouse.com: Copper Harbor Lights.
- Interactive map of lighthouses in eastern Lake Superior, powered by Google.
- Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Copper Harbor Range Lights.
- Michigan lighthouse fund, Copper Harbor Front Range Light.
- National Park ServiceNational Park ServiceThe National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
, Inventory of Historic Light Stations, Maritime History Project, Copper Harbor Range Lights. - Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Copper Harbor Light.
- Wobser, David, "Copper Harbor Range Lights", Boatnerd.com.