Algoma Pierhead Light
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| Location: | Algoma, Wisconsin |
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| Year first lit: | 1932 |
| Automated: | 1973 |
| Foundation: | Pier |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Tower shape: | Red cylindrical tower |
| Height: | 48 feet (15 m) |
| Original lens: | Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 16 statute miles (26 km) |
| Characteristic: | Red, Isophase, 6 sec. HORN: 1 blast ev 10s (1s bl). Operated from Apr. 1 to Dec. 1 and other times as required by local conditions. |
The Algoma Pierhead lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Algoma in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
The lighthouse was first established in 1893 as a set of range lights. It was rebuilt in 1908 at which time it was a conical tower built of 5/16 inch steel plate, 8 feet in diameter at the base and 7 feet in diameter at the parapet. It stood 26 feet high. In 1932 it was modified again and the entire structure was raised to a height of 42 feet by placing the older tower on a new steel base 12 feet in diameter. The original lens has been replaced by a plastic lens.
It is called Algoma Light and listed as number 20975 in USCG light lists.
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[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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