 Potawatomi Lighthouse 2004 | |
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| Location | Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°25′39″N 86°49′41″W / 45.42750°N 86.82806°W[1][2] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1836  |
| Foundation | Stone |
| Construction | Limestone |
| Automated | 1966 |
| Height | 41 feet (12 m)[3] |
| Shape | Square, integral with keeper house[6] |
| Markings | natural with black lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1836 |
| Deactivated | 1988 |
| Focal height | 159 feet (48 m)[4] |
| Lens | Fresnel lens |
| Range | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 4s 159 Light is obscured from 275° to 020° by dense foliage[5] |
Pottawatomie Lighthouse | |
| Nearest city | Washington Island, Wisconsin |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000074[7] |
| Added to NRHP | April 20, 1979 |
Pottawatomie Lighthouse, also known as the Rock Island Light, is a lighthouse in Rock Island State Park, on Rock Island in Door County, Wisconsin. Lit in 1836, it is the oldest light station in Wisconsin and on Lake Michigan. It was served by civilian light keepers from 1836 to 1946, at which point it was automated.[8]
- ^ a b Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
- ^ "Pottawatomie Lighthouse". Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations. United States Coast Guard. October 7, 2019.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. Terry Pepper. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. Terry Pepper. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Karges, Steven (2000). Keepers of the Lights. Ellison Bay, WI: Wm Caxton Ltd. pp. 11–49. ISBN 0940473399.