Baileys Harbor Range Lights

Baileys Harbor Front Range Light
Skeleton tower (now removed), front range light, rear range light(way in back)
Location Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
Coordinates 45°04′13″N 87°07′11″W / 45.07028°N 87.11972°W / 45.07028; -87.11972
Year first lit 1869
Automated 1930
Deactivated 1969-2015
Foundation Field stone
Construction Wood
Tower shape Square base, upper is octagonal
Markings / pattern KRW
Height 21 feet (6.4 m)
Original lens Fifth order Fresnel (1897)[1]
Current lens LED
Characteristic
Baileys Harbor Range Light
Location Roughly Co. Rd. Q, Ridges Rd., and WI 57, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
Coordinates 45°4′19″N 87°7′13″W / 45.07194°N 87.12028°W / 45.07194; -87.12028Coordinates: 45°4′19″N 87°7′13″W / 45.07194°N 87.12028°W / 45.07194; -87.12028
Area 5.4 acres (2.2 ha)
Built 1869
Architect Breitbach, Andrew
NRHP reference # 89001466[2]
Added to NRHP September 21, 1989
Heritage place listed on the National Register of Historic Places Edit this on Wikidata
Baileys Harbor Rear Range Light
Rear range light
Location Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
Coordinates 45°04′22″N 87°07′16″W / 45.07278°N 87.12111°W / 45.07278; -87.12111
Year first lit 1870
Automated 1930
Deactivated 1969-2015
Foundation Field stone
Construction Wood
Tower shape Square, atop a house
Markings / pattern White w/black and red markings
Height 30 feet (9.1 m)[3]
Focal height 36 feet (11 m)[4]
Original lens Fifth order Fresnel
Current lens LED
Characteristic directional mark
ARLHS number USA-027[5][6]
Heritage place listed on the National Register of Historic Places Edit this on Wikidata
Baileys Harbor Directional Light
Location Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
Coordinates 45°04′11.305″N 87°07′9.781″W / 45.06980694°N 87.11938361°W / 45.06980694; -87.11938361[7]
Year first lit 1969
Deactivated 2015
Foundation Concrete
Construction Metal skeleton tower with red/white/red dayboard
Height 21 ft (6.4 m)[3]
Focal height 21 feet (6.4 m)[4]
Characteristic White light Flashing every 2.5 seconds, with a higher intensity beam on a bearing of 340°[8]
ARLHS number USA-936[6][9]
USCG number 7-21230
Heritage place listed on the National Register of Historic Places Edit this on Wikidata

The Baileys Harbor Range Lights are a pair of lighthouses arranged in a range light configuration, located near Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.

History

The range lights replaced the Baileys Harbor Lighthouse in 1870 at a cost of $6,000.[10] They are approximately 980 feet (300 m) apart and aligned on a 340° bearing line to guide boats safely into the harbor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, as reference number 89001466 as the Baileys Harbor Range Light. Currently part of the Ridges wildlife sanctuary, which is listed on the List of National Natural Landmarks in Wisconsin. The grounds may be visited and guided tours are given during peak tourist seasons.

The Bailey's Harbor Range Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Reference #89001466, as BAILEYS HARBOR RANGE LIGHT. It is also on the State List/Inventory as of 1988.[10]

After 1969, the Coast Guard removed lighting equipment from the original buildings and replaced them with a single directional light on the beach. In 1990, the Ridges Sanctuary took possession of the buildings and began restoring them; this was completed during the 1990s, when both buildings were rewired to supply electricity to the lamps. A skeleton tower, which was listed in Volume VII of the United States Coast Guard light list, provided shipping guidance until 2015, when the original range lights were updated with modern LED lamps and brought back online.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18.
  4. 1 2 Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19.
  5. ↑ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Baileys Harbor Rear Range (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-027".
  6. 1 2 "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights". Archived from the original on 2009-04-21.
  7. ↑ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
  8. ↑ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2003. p. 210.
  9. ↑ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Baileys Harbor Lower Front Range (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-936".
  10. 1 2 National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin

Further reading

  • Door County Maritime Museum, Baileys Harbor Range Lights.
  • 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, Baileys Harbor Range Lights.
  • Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on 2008-01-30.
  • Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0-923568-47-6; ISBN 978-0-923568-47-4.
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
  • Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum.
  • Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Satellite View, Baileys Harbor Range Lights at Google maps.

Baileys Harbor Directional Light

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