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The North Point Lighthouse Museum is a lighthouse built in 1888 in Lake Park on the East Side of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States to mark the entrance to the Milwaukee River. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Lake Park in 1890. Historic North Point Lighthouse at left, in background.. Covering 138.1-acre (559,000 m 2) on the shore of Lake Michigan, [2] the park is part of a mostly contiguous stretch of lakefront amenities that extend north from Milwaukee's downtown, including Bradford Beach, various parks, McKinley Marina, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Also found in North Point is the historic North Point Lighthouse, first opened in 1855. Between the 28-foot tower and bluff elevation, it was the highest lighthouse on any of the Great Lakes.
Point No Point Light ; Location: Hansville, Washington: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1879: Foundation: Masonry: Construction: Brick and stucco: Automated: 1977: Height: 30 feet (9.1 m): Shape: Square: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1880: Focal height: 27 feet (8.2 m): Lens: Fifth order Fresnel lens (1880); Fourth order Fresnel lens (1898 ...
North Point Range Lights ; Location: Off Fort Howard (North Point) on the north shore of the Patapsco River: Coordinates (west light) (east light): Tower; Foundation: stone: Construction: stone: Height: 34 feet (10 m) (front) 40 feet (12 m) (rear): Shape: conical towers: Light; First lit: 1822: Deactivated: 1873: Lens: sixth-order Fresnel lens: Characteristic: Fixed white: The North Point ...
Media related to Point No Point Light (Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons Point No Point Light Station, including photo from 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust; Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Maryland portal; National Register of Historic Places portal
North Point Light, also known as North Point Hummock Light, was located on North Point, the most northern point on Moreton Island. North Point Light was constructed in the early 1860s, carrying a large kerosene burner with a reflector. [1] In 1899, the lighthouse was replaced with a hardwood framed structure, clad with corrugated iron.
Sep. 9—SOUTH PORTLAND — Becky Armstrong, who lives full time in an RV and hails from Florida, drove from Washington, D.C., to see a Maine lighthouse on Saturday. Her tour on Maine Open ...