Manitowoc Breakwater Light
Manitowoc Breakwater Light
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| Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse |
| Location |
Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates |
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| Year first lit |
1918 |
| Automated |
1971 |
| Foundation |
Pier |
| Construction |
Steel |
| Tower shape |
Cylindrical on square fog signaling building |
| Height |
40 feet (12 m) |
| Original lens |
Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range |
15 statute miles (24 km) |
| Characteristic |
White, Isophase, 6 sec |
The Manitowoc Breakwater lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Located on the north breakwater at the entrance of Manitowoc harbor.
Specialized additional reading
- Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
- 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". http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm.
- Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0923568476; ISBN 978-0923568474.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
External links
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| Historical (lost) lights |
Dunlap Reef Range Front • Manitowoc Main • Manitowoc North Pierhead • Plum Island Range Front • Racine North Pierhead • Racine Reef Light
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