Chambers Island Lighthouse
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Location: | Chambers Island, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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Foundation: | Concrete |
Construction: | Brick |
Year first lit: | 1868 |
Deactivated: | 1961 |
Automated: | 1961 |
Tower shape: | Octagonal without lantern |
Height: | 67 feet (20 m) |
The Chambers Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Chambers Island in Door County, Wisconsin.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as reference #75000063. It was replaced in 1961 by a skeletal tower, visible for 10 statute miles (16 km).
[edit] External links
- Seeing the Light
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)
- History of the Chambers Island Lighthouse - Lists replacement skeletal light