Waukegan Harbor Light

Waukegan Harbor Light
After the pier extension and before the fire
Illinois
Location Waukegan, Illinois
Coordinates 42°21′38.5″N 87°48′48.3″W / 42.360694°N 87.813417°W / 42.360694; -87.813417Coordinates: 42°21′38.5″N 87°48′48.3″W / 42.360694°N 87.813417°W / 42.360694; -87.813417
Year first constructed 1889
Year first lit relocated 1905
Foundation Breakwater
Construction Iron
Tower shape Cylindrical
Markings / pattern White with green band, no lantern
Height 35 feet (11 m)
Focal height 36 feet (11 m)
Range 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic Occulting green, 4s
Fog signal Horn: 2 every 30s
USCG number 7-20315[1][2]

Waukegan Harbor Light is a lighthouse at the end of Government Pier at the foot of Madison Street in Waukegan, Illinois. It was first built in 1889 and moved when the pier was extended in the early twentieth century. At that time a fog signal building was added to the tower.

There was a serious fire in 1967. While the cast iron tower was undamaged, the rest of the structure, the light, and the fog signal were destroyed. The lantern and the remains of the fog signal house were removed then, so that it now looks very much the same as it did before the pier was extended. It remains an active light, owned and maintained by the US Coast Guard.

References

  1. ↑ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 200.
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ (2010-01-05). "Lighthouses of the United States: Illinois". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Before the 1904 pier extension


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