Pilot Island Lighthouse
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Location: | Gills Rock, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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Foundation: | Concrete |
Construction: | Milwaukee Cream City brick |
Year first lit: | 1858 |
Automated: | 1962 |
Tower shape: | Square |
Height: | 41 feet (12.5 m) |
Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
Range: | 12 statute miles (19 km) |
Characteristic: | White, Flashing (2), 6 sec |
The Pilot Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Gills Rock in Door County, Wisconsin.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as the Pilot Island Light, reference #83004279.
[edit] External links
- Seeing the light
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)