Devils Island Lighthouse
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| Location: | Devils Island, Wisconsin |
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| Foundation: | Concrete |
| Construction: | Cast iron |
| Year first lit: | 1901 |
| Automated: | 1978 |
| Tower shape: | Cylindrical |
| Height: | 71 feet (22 m) |
| Original lens: | Third order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 13 statute miles (21 km) |
| Characteristic: | Red, Flashing, 10 sec |
The Devils Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Devils Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.
Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, as reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-324. Several other structures in the vicinity are also listed in HABS.
A previous skeletal, wooden structure was constructed in 1891 has since been demolished. Historical brick Queen Anne style keepers quarters are collocated with the current lighthouse.
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- NPS - Devils Island Light Station
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)
- Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Survey number HABS WI-324
- Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Survey number HABS WI-324-A
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