Forty Mile Point Lighthouse
Oct 20, 2018 16:50:11 #
This is the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse just west of Rogers City, Michigan on Lake Huron. Very windy & cold on this day last week.
Just to the left (West) down the shoreline is a portion of the wreck of the Joseph S. Fay that broke up in a storm here on October 17, 1905. It was a wooden steamer built in 1871 at Cleveland, Ohio. A large portion of the starboard side is still sitting on the beach 113 years later. It's hard to believe that it has been pounded by the crashing waves for that long and also from the ice in the winter. The lower hull sits in shallow water, not far from shore.
Just to the left (West) down the shoreline is a portion of the wreck of the Joseph S. Fay that broke up in a storm here on October 17, 1905. It was a wooden steamer built in 1871 at Cleveland, Ohio. A large portion of the starboard side is still sitting on the beach 113 years later. It's hard to believe that it has been pounded by the crashing waves for that long and also from the ice in the winter. The lower hull sits in shallow water, not far from shore.
Oct 20, 2018 16:53:35 #
KTJohnson wrote:
This is the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse just west ... (show quote)
I enjoyed these images.
Oct 20, 2018 17:03:58 #
photophile wrote:
I enjoyed these images.
Thanks for looking, Karin. The "Fay" was headed from Escanaba, MI to Ashtabula, OH carrying a full load of iron ore when it broke up.
Oct 20, 2018 19:14:37 #
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.