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| Location | Lake Michigan west of the Straits of Mackinac, Emmet County, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°50′32″N 85°8′7″W / 45.84222°N 85.13528°W |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | cofferdam/timber exposed Crib pier/concrete pier. |
| Construction | Terra Cotta//steel/brick interior;[4] gunnite exterior; aluminium lantern |
| Automated | 1976 |
| Height | 121 feet (37 m)[1] |
| Shape | Octagonal base on building; frustum of a cone.[5][6] |
| Markings | White orig./Red and White barber pole tower, red lantern & base |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | Diaphone originally,[7] HORN 1 blast every 30", 3" blast. Operates year round. |
| Racon | "K" (– • –).[3] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1910 |
| Focal height | 125 feet (38 m)[2] |
| Lens | 2nd order bivalve Fresnel Lens[8] (original), 7.5-inch (190 mm) Tideland Signal acrylic lens (current) |
| Intensity | 1.2 million candle power |
| Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
| Characteristic | flashing 5 sec |
White Shoal Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Mackinaw City, Michigan |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Architect | Judson, Major William V. |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001391[9] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The White Shoal Light is a lighthouse located 20 miles (32 km) west of the Mackinac Bridge in Lake Michigan.[10][11] It is an active aid to navigation.[3] It is also the tallest lighthouse on the Great Lakes.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30.
- ^ a b Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Wobser, David, Boatnerd.com, White Shoal Light. Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Lighthouse Types and Tower Shapesl Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15.
- ^ National Park Service Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations, White Shoal Light.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Original Lenses". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "White Shoal (Lake Michigan) Light". arlhs.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Lighthouses in the World List of Lights beginning with W". arlhs.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.