Kewaunee Pierhead Light
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| Location | Kewaunee, Wisconsin |
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| Year first constructed | 1931 |
| Year first lit | 1931 |
| Foundation | Pier |
| Construction | Steel |
| Tower shape | Square[1] |
| Height | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Original lens | Fifth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | White, Flashing[1] |
The Kewaunee Pierhead lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Kewaunee in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
It replaced range lights constructed in 1891, and is located on the same pier. The fifth order fresnel lens came from the original front range light.
The lighthouse looks nearly identical to the Holland Harbor Lighthouse, except white.[2]
The Fresnel lens is still in operation—one of only 70 such lenses that remain operational in the United States, sixteen of which are use on the Great Lakes of which six are in Wisconsin.[3]
Gallery
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Wobser, David, boatnerd.com, Holland Harbor Light.
- ↑ United States Coast Guard, Fresnel Lenses Still in Operation.
Additional reading
- Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
- Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
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- Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0-923568-47-6; ISBN 978-0-923568-47-4.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
External links
- Aerial photographs of Kewaunee Pierhead Light at Marinas.com.
- Terry Pepper, Seeing the light, Kewaunee Pier light.
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
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See also: List of lighthouses in Wisconsin
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