Eagle Bluff Light

Eagle Bluff Light

Location	Ephraim, Wisconsin
Coordinates	45°10′07.3″N 87°14′11.98″W / 45.168694°N 87.2366611°W / 45.168694; -87.2366611Coordinates: 45°10′07.3″N 87°14′11.98″W / 45.168694°N 87.2366611°W / 45.168694; -87.2366611[1]
Year first constructed	1868
Year first lit	1868
Automated	1926
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Cream City brick
Tower shape	Square[1]
Height	43 feet (13 m)
Original lens	Third and 1/2 order Fresnel lens
Range	7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[1]
Characteristic	White, Flashing every 6 sec[1]
ARLHS number	USA-252
USCG number	7-21825

The Eagle Bluff Light, also known as Eagle Bluff lighthouse, is a lighthouse located near Ephraim in Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin. Construction was authorized in 1866, but the lighthouse was not actually built until 1868 at a cost of $12,000. It was automated in 1926. The former lighthouse keeper's home has been a museum since 1963.

The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 as reference #70000032.

Additional reading

Eagle Bluff Light

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 

External links

USCG archive photo

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

• Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum.
• Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Museum - official website
• Seeing the Light
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 
• Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 

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