Outer Island Lighthouse
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| Location: | Wisconsin |
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| Foundation: | Stone |
| Construction: | Brick |
| Year first lit: | 1874 |
| Automated: | 1961 |
| Tower shape: | White Conical |
| Height: | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Original lens: | Third order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 15 statute miles (24 km) |
| Characteristic: | White, Flashing, 10 sec |
The Outer Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the northern tip of Outer 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, part of reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-318. The lighthouse is attached to a two story, red brick keepers quarters.
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[edit] External links
- 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-318
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