In my book, The Wickie, and in this blog I used a slang name
to describe an area at the top of the lighthouse. It’s the narrow walkway around the outside of
the lantern room. I referred to this area as “the cat walk” but the official name is
“the gallery.”
The gallery of the Old Presque Ile Lighthouse is a good
example of the gallery found on other lighthouses around the country. This
lighthouse is located at Lake Huron, MI and is one of the oldest surviving lighthouses
on the Great Lakes. In 1840, the lighthouse was built at a cost of $5,000 and
stands 38 feet high. After restoration was completed in 1959, the station was turned
into a museum. Visitors who climb the tower, to walk the gallery and enjoy the
fantastic view, will walk the stairs made of stone.
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