Wisconsin Point Light
Wisconsin Point Light
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| Wisconsin Point Lighthouse |
| Location |
Superior Wisconsin |
| Coordinates |
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| Year first lit |
1913 |
| Automated |
1970 |
| Foundation |
Concrete pier |
| Construction |
Concrete |
| Tower shape |
Cylindrical, atop square (rounded corners) keeper's house |
| Markings / pattern |
white with red lantern, red roof on house |
| Height |
56 feet (17 m) |
| Focal height |
Focal plane - 70 feet (21 m)[1] |
| Original lens |
Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens |
DCB 224 Carlisle & Finch Aerobeacon[2] |
| Range |
22 statute miles (35 km) |
| Characteristic |
Green, flashing, 5 s |
| Fog signal |
HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Operates from May 1 to Oct. 20. |
| ARLHS number |
USA-829 |
| USCG number |
7-15595 |
The Wisconsin Point Light is a lighthouse located near Superior, on Wisconsin Point, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
The light and attached fog horn building sits within a 10-mile (16 km) long sand bar – stretching between the ports of Duluth and Superior. This sand bar makes the Duluth-Superior Harbor, one of the safest harbors in the world. It is "[r]eputedly the longest freshwater sand bar in the world" and is split by this opening near its center, where the lighthouse is located. The Minnesota side of the opening is known as "Minnesota Point" and the Wisconsin side is known as "Wisconsin Point."[3]
History
The original Fresnel lens was manufactured by Sautter, Lemonnier, and Company of Paris in 1890.[4] It was replaced with a DCB-224 aero beacon[5] manufactured by the Carlisle & Finch Company.[6]
It is an active navigational aid and is known as the South Breakwater Light by the United States Coast Guard in the Volume VII light list and the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System.
It is located on the southern Superior Harbor entry breakwall. The St. Louis River which starts in Minnesota, flows into Superior Bay and exits into Lake Superior via the ship canals, at each end of (Park Point) Minnesota Point.
References
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm.
- ^ National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Wisconsin Point Light.
- ^ Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Superior Entry Lighthouse.
- ^ Wobser, David, Wisconsin Point (Superior South Breakwater) Light, boatnerd.com
- ^ Aero beacon, Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light.
- ^ Carlisle & Finch Company.
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.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
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