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| Location | Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 47°04′35.5″N 90°25′00.11″W / 47.076528°N 90.4166972°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | Stone |
| Construction | Brick with Italianate bracketing |
| Automated | 1961 |
| Height | 90 feet (27 m) |
| Shape | Frustum of a cone with attached brownstone keeper's house |
| Markings | White with black trim and lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places contributing property  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1874 |
| Focal height | 130 feet (40 m) |
| Lens | Third-order Fresnel lens (original), solar powered Vega VRB-25[2] (current) |
| Range | 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | White, flashing, 10 sec[1] |
The Outer Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the northern tip of Outer Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.[3][4]
The light was designed by United States Lighthouse Board Eleventh District Chief Engineer Orlando Poe and constructed under the supervision of his successor, Godfrey Weitzel.[5]
Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, part of reference number 77000145. It is listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-318. The lighthouse is attached to a two-story, red brick keeper's quarters.
- ^ a b c Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ Wobser, David, Outer Island Light Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, Boatnerd
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 151.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Jane C. Busch, People and Places: A Human History of the Apostle Islands, U.S. National Park Service, 2008; David Snyder, A Compendium Of Written Communication Of The Light House Board For The Twelve Light Stations Of The Midwest Region, National Park Service, 1839-1881, U.S. National Park Service, 1992.