User:Mangoe/Sheboygan Breakwater Light
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| Location | End of north breakwater at entrance to Sheboygan, Wisconsin harbor |
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| Coordinates | 43°44′58.200″N 87°41′33.800″W / 43.74950000°N 87.69272222°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1905  |
| Foundation | concrete pier |
| Construction | cast iron |
| Height | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower |
| Markings | red |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1915 [2] |
| Focal height | 55 feet (17 m)[1] |
| Lens | fifth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 4s |
The Sheboygan Breakwater Light is a lighthouse standing at the entrance to the harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
History
[edit]The first Sheboygan Lighthouse was built north of the river on a bluff. The use of the river mouth as a harbor was hampered by shoaling, so in 1852 a series of improvements began. These first took the form of a pier extending out from the north side of the river mouth; this was matched by a parallel pier on the south. Each of these piers was marked with a light at its end, initially privately maintained.
In 1866 responsibility for the harbor was assumed by the federal government, and in 1873 the private lights were supplanted by a federally constructed lighthouse at the end of the north pier. The framework tower held a sixth-order Fresnel lens and was accessed by an elevated walkway (there being no dwelling on the pier). This tower burned in 1880.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 195.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Sheboygan Breakwater Light". Retrieved 2015-10-02.