Kewaunee Pierhead Light

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Kewaunee Pierhead Light
Location:	Kewaunee, Wisconsin
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	44°27′26″N, 87°29′35″W
Year first lit:	1931
Foundation:	Pier
Construction:	Steel
Tower shape:	Square
Height:	43 feet (13 m)
Original lens:	Fifth order Fresnel lens
Range:	15 statute miles (24 km)
Characteristic:	White, Flashing

The Kewaunee Pierhead lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Kewaunee in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

Replaced range lights constructed in 1891 and located on the same pier. The fifth order fresnel lens (pronounced [freɪ'nel]) came from the original front range light.

The lighthouse looks nearly identical to the Holland Harbor Lighthouse, except white.

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[edit] Additional reading

• Bibliography on Michigan and other lighthouses.
• Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses (2002) ISBN 1592231020; ISBN 978-1592231027.
• Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0814325548 ISBN 9780814325544.
• Jones, Ray & Bruce Roberts, American Lighthouses (Globe Pequot, September 1, 1998, 1st Ed.) ISBN 0762703245; ISBN 978-0762703241.
• Jones, Ray,The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0762727357; ISBN 978-0762727353.
• Noble, Dennis, Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy (Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997). ISBN 1557506388; ISBN 9781557506382.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
• Pepper, Terry. Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes.
• Putnam, George R., Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
• United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation, (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
• United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography.
• Wagner, John L.. Beacons Shining in the Night: The Lighthouses of Michigan. Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993.

[edit] External links

• Terry Pepper, Seeing the light, Kewaunee Pier light.
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
• Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)