Cana Island Lighthouse
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| Location | Near Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°05′17.234″N 87°02′51.515″W / 45.08812056°N 87.04764306°WCoordinates: 45°05′17.234″N 87°02′51.515″W / 45.08812056°N 87.04764306°W |
| Year first constructed | 1869 |
| Year first lit | 1870 |
| Automated | 1945 |
| Foundation | Dressed Stone |
| Construction | Cream City brick enclosed by a steel shell in 1902 |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical |
| Height | 89 feet (27 m) |
| Original lens | Third order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
| Characteristic | White, flashing |
| ARLHS number | USA-104 |
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7-21255 |
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Cana Island Lighthouse
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| Nearest city | Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| NRHP Reference # | 76000201 |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1976 |
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The Cana Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.
Currently used as an active navigational aid under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard and a museum, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, as reference #76000201. This lighthouse, along with the Baileys Harbor Range Lights, was built to replace the Baileys Harbor Lighthouse in 1869, and was first lit in 1870.
The lighthouse and keeper's quarters are open to tour by the Door County Maritime Museum.
The keepers quarters, privy, and tower were the first buildings and were made of cream city brick, but the brick of the tower deteriorated quickly because of storms and icy winters. In 1902, a steel cladding was added to the tower to protect it from further deterioration. The cost of the quarters, tower and cladding was $12,792.55.
The light itself is a third order Fresnel lens that was made in France. It used to be fueled by lard, later it was fueled by kerosene, then by acetylene, and now by electricity. The round ball at the top is the vent that removed the smoke and soot from the oil lamp. Each night oil had to be carried to the top of the tower by the keeper or his assistant to keep the light fueled. When the light first became electric in 1945, it was by an engine driven, 2 kW generator, and batteries that powered the 100 watt, 32 volt bulb. A powerline was finally installed in the 1960s, and the bulb was switched to a 110 volt, 200 watt bulb. Four bulbs are mounted in a rack that allows for the next bulb to light if the one before it burns out.
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