Stannard Rock Light - Michigan

The light was first exhibited on July 4, 1882. It was a Third Order Fresnel lens made by Le Paute that rotated by means of a clockwork mechanism and was fueled with kerosene. Because of the extreme isolation and hazards of the station, few keepers have served here for very long. The Stannard Rock Light was being automated on June 18, 1961, when a propane gas explosion occurred killing one of the four Coast Guardsmen stationed there and seriously injuring two others. Much of the equiptment in the lower levels of the structure was destroyed and the light went out, but two days passed before the tragedy was reported. The station was fully automated in 1962.

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