Ontonagon Lighthouse Daily Expenditure, 1881-1887
| Abstract/Description: | Full title: United States Lighthouse Establishment Daily Expenditure and General Annual Account of Stores, Illuminating Apparatus, Fixtures, and all other Public Property Received and Consumed, 1881-1887 |
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| Subject(s): | Ontonagon County (Mich.) Lighthouses |
| Date Created: | 1881-1887 |
| Title: | Ontonagon Lighthouse Daily Expenditure, 1881-1887. | |
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| Name(s): | Ontonagon County Historical Society, contributor | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Created: | 1881-1887 | |
| Extent: | 1 item | |
| Abstract/Description: | Full title: United States Lighthouse Establishment Daily Expenditure and General Annual Account of Stores, Illuminating Apparatus, Fixtures, and all other Public Property Received and Consumed, 1881-1887 | |
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The Ontonagon Lighthouse was funded by an act of Congress in 1850, and its first keeper was appointed in 1853. It was in operation until 1964. The Ontonagon Lighthouse is now owned by the Ontonagon County Historical Society. This collections consists of ledgers created by the Ontonagon Lighthouse keeper that record supplies at the lighthouse, the amount of oil used each day, how long the lighthouse was lit, and the daily weather conditions. (External source of information: https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=219) |
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| Subject(s): |
Ontonagon County (Mich.) Lighthouses |
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| Held by: | Ontonagon County Historical Society | |
| Restrictions on Access: | No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) | |
| Is Part Of: | Ontonagon Lighthouse records. Identifier: OCHS-004 | |
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