Sturgeon Bay Canal Light

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light[1]
Location Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°47′42.038″N 87°18′48.03″W / 44.79501056°N 87.3133417°W / 44.79501056; -87.3133417Coordinates: 44°47′42.038″N 87°18′48.03″W / 44.79501056°N 87.3133417°W / 44.79501056; -87.3133417[1]
Year first lit 1899
Foundation Concrete
Construction Steel / Iron
Tower shape Cylindrical
Height 98 feet (30 m)
Original lens Second order Fresnel lens
Range 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)[1]
Characteristic Red, flashing 10 s[1]
Heritage place listed on the National Register of Historic Places Edit this on Wikidata

The Sturgeon Bay Canal lighthouse is a lighthouse located at the Coast Guard station near Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.

Situated on the east side of the south entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, as the Sherwood Point Light Station, reference #84003666. Originally constructed in 1899, instability forced the addition of steel bracing in 1903. It is similar to the reinforced Devils Island Lighthouse.

There are two lighthouses at this location, the other being the Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.

References

  • "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.

Further 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".
  • 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.


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