Devils Island Light

Devils Island Light

Location	Devils Island, Wisconsin
Coordinates	47°04′48″N 90°43′42″W / 47.08000°N 90.72833°W / 47.08000; -90.72833Coordinates: 47°04′48″N 90°43′42″W / 47.08000°N 90.72833°W / 47.08000; -90.72833
Year first lit	1901
Automated	1978
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Cast iron
Tower shape	Cylindrical Free Standing[1]
Height	Tower - 80 feet (24 m)[2]
Focal height	Focal plane - 1,007 feet (307 m)[3]{{{focalheight}}}
Original lens	3rd order Fresnel lens[4][5]
Range	13 statute miles (21 km)
Characteristic	Red, Flashing, 10 sec
ARLHS number	USA-228
USCG number	7-15565

See also Devils Island Light (Nova Scotia).

The Devils Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Devils Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.

Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, as reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-324. Several other structures in the vicinity are also listed in HABS.

The original third order Fresnel lens manufactured by Henry-Lepaute was removed by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1989, but a new third order Fresnel lens was replaced by the N.P.S. in 1992.^[6]

The site originally had a 10-inch (250 mm) steam whistle in a fog signal building. That was removed in 1925, and "a much improved air-operated diaphone fog signal" was accomplished. In 1928, a diesel-powered electrical generator was installed, and the light intensity increased to 300,000 candela for the white flash and 180,000 candela for the red.^[7]

A previous skeletal, wooden structure was constructed in 1891 has since been demolished. Historical brick Queen Anne style keepers quarters (1896) are collocated with the current lighthouse. Also on the premises were two oil houses, a tramway, a brownstone tramway engine building, a dock, wooden boathouse (1 mile distant) and a radio beacon.^[6]

Getting there

Most of the Apostle Islands light stations may be reached on the Apostle Islands Cruise Service^[8] water taxi or by private boat during the summer. During the Annual Apostle Island Lighthouse Celebration^[9] ferry tour service is available for all the lighthouses. In the tourist season, volunteer park rangers are on the many of the islands to greet visitors.^[10]

See also

• Apostle Islands Lighthouses
• Wisconsin lighthouses

References

Specialized Additional reading

USCG archive photo

External links

USCG archive photo

• Aerial photos of Devils Island Light, Marina.com.
• Anderson, Kraig. Lighthouse friends Devil's Island Light article.
• Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Survey number HABS WI-324
• Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Survey number HABS WI-324-A
• National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin, Devils Island Light.
• NPS - Devils Island Light Station
• Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Devil's Island Light.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
• Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 
• Wobser, David, Devil's Island Lights, boatnerd.com. originally in Great Laker Magazine.

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