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| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°01′33.378″N 87°53′42.938″W / 43.02593833°N 87.89526056°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1872 |
| Foundation | concrete pier |
| Construction | Steel |
| Automated | circa 1939 |
| Height | 41 feet (12 m)[2] |
| Shape | Frustum of a cone, decagonal lantern room |
| Markings | Red with black lantern and parapet[4] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1872 |
| Focal height | 43 feet (13 m)[3] |
| Lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens[4] (original), unknown "modern beacon"[5] (current) |
| Range | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Red flashing light every 4 seconds[1] |
Milwaukee Pierhead Light | |
| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000971[6] |
| Added to NRHP | November 2012[7] |
The Milwaukee Pierhead Light is an active lighthouse located in the Milwaukee harbor, just south of downtown.[8][9] This aid to navigation is a 'sister' of the Kenosha North Pier Light.[10]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Lighthouse friends, Milwaukee Pierhead Light article.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Milwaukee Pierhead Light". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Milwaukee Pierhead (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-498".
- ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights". Archived from the original on 2009-04-21.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.