Muskegon Breakwater Light

Muskegon Breakwater Light stands at the end of the south breakwater at the mouth of the Muskegon Channel, marking the entrance to Muskegon Harbor. Muskegon’s first lighthouse was a wooden tower built on land in 1851, but harbor lighting moved outward as the breakwater expanded, with a steel tower erected there in 1871 and the light serving from 1879. The present red steel structure was created with a new caisson in 1928, a superstructure in 1929, and first illumination in 1930, with new navigational equipment added in 1939. It reflects a long effort to guide shipping safely through waters that have also seen accidents such as the grounding of the SS Henry Cort in 1934.

Michigan · United States