Eagle Bluff Lighthouse
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| Location: | Ephraim, Wisconsin |
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| Foundation: | Concrete |
| Construction: | Cream City brick |
| Year first lit: | 1868 |
| Automated: | 1926 |
| Tower shape: | Square |
| Height: | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Original lens: | Third and 1/2 order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 7 statute miles (11 km) |
| Characteristic: | White, Flashing every 6 sec |
The Eagle Bluff lighthouse, also known as Eagle lighthouse, is a lighthouse located near Ephraim in Door County, Wisconsin. Construction was authorized in 1866, but the lighthouse was not actually It built until 1868. It was automated in 1926. The former lighthouse keeper's home has been a museum since 1963.
The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 as reference #70000032.
[edit] External links
- Seeing the Light
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)
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