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Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light ; Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin: Coordinates: 1] [2]: Tower; Constructed: 1882 (First) 1903 (Current): Foundation: Concrete: Construction: Cast iron: Height: 39 feet (12 m): Shape: Cylindrical on square fog signal house: Light; First lit: 1903: Focal height: 12 m (39 ft) : Lens: Sixth order Fresnel lens (original), 12 inches (300 mm) Tideland Signal ...
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources.. If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, [1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information ...
NPS - Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin; Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1 ...
Washington Island is Wisconsin's largest in Lake Michigan and also has a year-round population of 708 as of the 2010 census. The island has a ferry service and operates Washington Island Airport for air travel. [4] Rock Island is a state park that can only be accessed by ferry from Washington Island.
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[4] [11] An 81-day public comment period and a series of four meetings in the Wisconsin towns of Algoma, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and Port Washington during the week of March 13, 2017, followed which led NOAA to alter the sanctuary's boundaries, reducing its area to 926 square miles (2,400 km 2), including 36 known historic shipwrecks, and to ...
The Manitowoc Breakwater Light is a Lake Michigan lighthouse located near Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at the end of the north pier defining Manitowoc's harbor. [ 2 ] It is not to be confused with the smaller and complementary south pier navigational beacon , which was unmoored and swept out into the lake on January 7, 2019, during ...