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Huron Lightship

Address
800 Prospect Place
Port Huron,
MI
48060
Regions: Port Huron
Phone
(810) 984-9768
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Description
Climb aboard the Huron Lightship for a look at the crews quarters and hear stories about the Huron’s duties.
Lightships were like floating lighthouses anchored in areas where it was too deep, expensive or impractical to construct a lighthouse. Lightships displayed a light at the top of a mast and in areas of fog also sounded a fog signal and radio beacon.
The HURON Lightship sounded her fog horn signal in a 3 second blast every 30 seconds and was known locally as “Old B.O.” because of the familiar sound her horn made.
Lightships were like floating lighthouses anchored in areas where it was too deep, expensive or impractical to construct a lighthouse. Lightships displayed a light at the top of a mast and in areas of fog also sounded a fog signal and radio beacon.
The HURON Lightship sounded her fog horn signal in a 3 second blast every 30 seconds and was known locally as “Old B.O.” because of the familiar sound her horn made.