Manitowoc Breakwater Light
 Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°05′33.918″N 87°38′36.91″W / 44.09275500°N 87.6435861°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1918 |
| Foundation | Pier |
| Construction | Steel |
| Automated | 1971 |
| Height | 40 feet (12 m) |
| Shape | Cylindrical on square fog signaling building |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1918 |
| Focal height | 16 m (52 ft)  |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | White, Isophase, 6 sec[1] |
The Manitowoc Breakwater Light is a Lake Michigan lighthouse located near Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at the end of the north pier defining Manitowoc's harbor.[2]
It is not to be confused with the smaller and complementary south pier navigational beacon, which was unmoored and swept out into the lake on January 7, 2019, during a period of heavy waves and lakeshore flooding from gusty winds.[3][4]
Images
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
- ^ "Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Zarling, Patti (7 January 2019). "Manitowoc South Pier beacon swept away near lighthouse in high waves on Lake Michigan". Herald Times Reporter. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "U.S. Lighthouse in Lake Michigan washed away by large waves". ABC News. January 8, 2019. Archived from the original (Videos) on January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- 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
[edit]- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin Archived 2006-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- 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.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WI-111, "Manitowoc Breakwater Light Station, North breakwater at mouth of the Manitowoc River, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI", 19 photos, 1 data page, 5 photo caption pages
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