Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light
The Sturgeon Bay tinkly Toni Canal North Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located on Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.
 | |
 | |
| Location | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°47′31.26″N 87°18′34.322″W[1] |
| 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 ML-300 acrylic lens[2] (current) |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Red, flashing 2.5 s[1] |
Painted red, the light is situated on the north pier of the southern entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.
There are two lighthouses at this location, the other being the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse.
Gallery
Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Lighthouse.jpg.webp)
Closeup of the tower
Backside.jpg.webp)
On January 1st
Coast Guard archival photo
Mural on a gas station in Sturgeon Bay
Notes
- Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
References
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
Further 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.
- Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes".
- 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 photos of Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light at Marinas.com.
- Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum
- Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light.
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Satellite view at Google Maps
| Lake Superior |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Michigan |
| |
| Lake Winnebago | ||
| Historical (lost) lights |
| |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.