Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The original light marking the entrance to Kewaunee was established in 1889 on the North pier. In 1912, the current South pier was built. The lighthouse was built as an open frame tower with a fog signal building immediately behind it, connected by a 2nd floor corridor. The tower was equipped with a fifth order Fresnel lens and the fog signal building supplied co
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 ...
Kewaunee is a city in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,837 at the 2020 census. [3] Located on the northwestern shore of Lake Michigan, the city is the county seat of Kewaunee County. [5] Its Menominee name is Kewāneh, an archaic name for a species of duck. [6] Kewaunee is part of the Green Bay metropolitan area.
Location of Kewaunee County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for ...
The Algoma Light or Algoma Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located near Algoma in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. The lighthouse was first established in 1893 as a set of range lights . It was rebuilt in 1908, at which time it was a conical tower built of 5 ⁄ 16 -inch (7.9 mm) steel plate, 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter at the base and 7 feet (2.1 m ...
Six of these lighthouses, all in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, were listed as a group on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 under the name Apostle Islands Lighthouses. The lighthouses are generally located at the edge of the group of islands, as beacons to guide shipping through and around the islands.
The name of the peninsula and the county comes from the name of a route between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Humans, whether Native Americans, early explorers, or American ship captains, have been well aware of the dangerous water passage that lies between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island, connecting the bay to the rest of Lake Michigan.
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 ...