Kewaunee Pierhead Light

Kewaunee Pierhead Light


Location	Kewaunee, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°27′26.67″N 87°29′34.4″W / 44.4574083°N 87.492889°W / 44.4574083; -87.492889Coordinates: 44°27′26.67″N 87°29′34.4″W / 44.4574083°N 87.492889°W / 44.4574083; -87.492889^[1]
Year first constructed	1931
Year first lit	1931
Foundation	Pier
Construction	Steel
Tower shape	Square^[1]
Height	43 feet (13 m)
Original lens	Fifth order Fresnel lens
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)^[1]
Characteristic	White, Flashing^[1]

The Kewaunee Pierhead lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Kewaunee in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

It replaced range lights constructed in 1891, and is located on the same pier. The fifth order fresnel lens came from the original front range light.

The lighthouse looks nearly identical to the Holland Harbor Lighthouse, except white.^[2]

The Fresnel lens is still in operation—one of only 70 such lenses that remain operational in the United States, sixteen of which are use on the Great Lakes of which six are in Wisconsin.^[3]

Gallery

References

Additional 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.

External links

Aerial photographs of Kewaunee Pierhead Light at Marinas.com.
Terry Pepper, Seeing the light, Kewaunee Pier 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.

Lighthouses of Wisconsin

See also: List of lighthouses in Wisconsin

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