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| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°01′37.24″N 87°52′55.14″W / 43.0270111°N 87.8819833°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1926 |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | 1⁄4 inch (6.4 mm) steel plate, steel frame, cast iron lantern |
| Automated | 1966[2] |
| Height | 53 feet (16 m)[3] |
| Shape | Square on square house, topped by round lantern |
| Markings | white with black lantern & parapet |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places  |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl- 2s si-2s bl-14s si). Operates from Apr. 1 to Nov.[6] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1926 |
| Focal height | 67 feet (20 m)[4][5] |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Fl R 10 seconds[1] |
Milwaukee Breakwater Light | |
| Location | South end of north breakwater, .7 miles east of the mouth of the Milwaukee River |
| MPS | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000678[7] |
| Added to NRHP | September 16, 2011 |
The Milwaukee Breakwater lighthouse was built in 1926 in the harbor of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin to mark the entrance to the harbor. One of the last fully enclosed breakwater lighthouses in the Great Lakes,[8][9][10] the structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
- ^ a b c Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes, database".
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 9/12/11 through 9/16/11". National Park Service. September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Milwaukee Pierhead (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-497".
- ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights". Archived from the original on 2009-04-21.
- ^ "Milwaukee Breakwater Lighthouse". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Wisconsin Sea Grant, Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-12-28.