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The United States Postal Service issued a stamp that featured the light on June 17, 1995. It was one of five lighthouses chosen for the "Lighthouses of the Great Lakes" series postage stamp designed by Howard Koslow in 1995. There was one lighthouse chosen on each of the Great Lakes. The five lighthouses are Split Rock Light on Lake Superior, St Joseph Light on Lake Michigan, Spectacle Reef Light on Lake Huron, Marblehead Light (Ohio) on Lake Erie and Thirty Mile Point Light on Lake Ontario.
Because of its picturesque form and location, it has been the subject of many photographs and postcards.
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The lighthouse keeper's dwellings of the Split Rock Lighthouse, Summer 2004
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The fog signal building at Split Rock Lighthouse, Summer 2004
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Aerial view of Split Rock Lighthouse
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Split Rock Lighthouse and Lake Superior
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Split Rock Lighthouse Construction
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3rd-order, Fresnel lens
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Mercury bowl and float of Fresnel lens
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Lighthouse lens crank
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