Kewaunee Pierhead Light
The Kewaunee Pierhead lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Kewaunee in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
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| Location | Kewaunee, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°27′26.67″N 87°29′34.4″W[1] |
| Year first constructed | 1931 |
| Year first lit | 1931 |
| Foundation | Pier |
| Construction | Steel |
| Tower shape | Square[1] |
| Tower height | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Focal height | 13.5 metre  |
| Original lens | Fifth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | White, Flashing[1] |
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
- Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
- "Holland Harbor Lighthouse". lighthouse.boatnerd.com.
- United States Coast Guard, Fresnel Lenses Still in Operation.
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". 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.
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. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
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