Sturgeon Bay Canal Light

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

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light[1]
LocationSturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°47′42.038″N 87°18′48.03″W[1]
Year first lit1899
FoundationConcrete
ConstructionSteel / Iron
Tower shapeCylindrical
Tower height98 feet (30 m)
Focal height32 metre 
Original lensSecond order Fresnel lens
Range17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)[1]
CharacteristicRed, flashing 10 s[1]
Heritageplace listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1899 (1899)
MPSU.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
NRHP reference No.84003666[2]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

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.[2] 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. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

References

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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