Chambers Island Light

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Chambers Island Light
Location:	Chambers Island, Wisconsin
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	45°12′09″N, 87°21′53″W
Year first lit:	1868
Automated:	1961
Deactivated:	1961
Foundation:	Concrete
Construction:	Brick
Tower shape:	Octagonal without lantern
Height:	67 feet (20 m)

The Chambers Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Chambers Island in Door County, Wisconsin.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as reference #75000063. It was replaced in 1961 by a skeletal tower, visible for 10 statute miles (16 km).

[edit] External links

• Seeing the Light
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
• Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)
• History of the Chambers Island Lighthouse - Lists replacement skeletal light

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