Way back in the 1900s, Manistique was a happening place, thanks to its booming timber and pig iron shipping. In the year 1910, the Army Corps of Engineers were called in to construct a concrete breakwater for added protection. Now, these folks weren't content with just a regular old breakwater, so they thought, 'Why not a lighthouse too?'. And thus, they hired the Greiling Brothers Company, who delivered a 38-foot-tall, iridescent gem in 1916. Years passed, and the lighthouse saw some tweaks – like going automated and getting a new lens in 1969, losing its concrete breakwater in 1991, and almost being sold off under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act in 2012. However, it wasn't until 2013 that it finally found a new owner.
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Written by Friendly Jane
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