Milwaukee Breakwater Light
Milwaukee Breakwater Lighthouse
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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°WCoordinates: 43°01′37.24″N 87°52′55.14″W / 43.0270111°N 87.8819833°W |
| Year first constructed | 1926 |
| Year first lit | 1926 |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | 1⁄4 inch (6.4 mm) steel plate, steel frame, cast iron lantern |
| Tower shape | Square on square house, topped by round lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white with black lantern & parapet |
| Height | 53 feet (16 m) |
| Focal height | Focal plane – 67 feet (20 m) |
| Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic |
Fl R 10 secondsStructure is floodlighted from sunset to sunrise. Submarine cable runs to Milwaukee Pierhead Light. Illuminated sign on channelward side of light structure worded CABLE CROSSING NO ANCHORING. |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl- 2s si-2s bl-14s si). Operates from Apr. 1 to Nov. |
| ARLHS number | USA-497 |
| USCG number |
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Milwaukee Breakwater Light
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| 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 # | 11000678 |
| Added to NRHP | September 16, 2011 |
| Heritage | place listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
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Fl R 10 secondsStructure is floodlighted from sunset to sunrise. Submarine cable runs to Milwaukee Pierhead Light.
7-20635
The Milwaukee Breakwater lighthouse is located in the harbor of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It protects the entrance to the Milwaukee River.
This lighthouse, owned and operated by the United States Coast Guard, is an active aid to navigation. The steel tower has a square Balcony and "round cast iron lantern room [that] features helical astragals" in the lantern. The two-story steel lighthouse keeper's quarters are in the art deco style. The structure rests on a 60 by 54 feet (18 by 16 m) concrete pier, which rises more than 20 feet (6.1 m) above the lake's surface. The tower rests 14 feet (4.3 m) above the second floor and is 53 feet (16 m) tall overall. The red light has a focal plane of 67 feet (20 m) feet above Lake Michigan. The lantern and parapet are painted black.
The structure is near the middle of the four-mile-long Milwaukee breakwater. It is built to withstand heavy weather and waves when Lake Michigan becomes roughest. The building is made of 1⁄4 inch (6.4 mm) "steel plates over a steel skeletal frame, and is equipped with windows and portholes with glass a full half inch in thickness." The structure was originally painted red, but became white thereafter.
In 1926, the original fourth order Fresnel lens was transferred from the Milwaukee Pierhead Light. The "helical barred lantern is also thought to have come from the pierhead light". The lens was removed in 1994, and is now an exhibit in Manitowoc at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
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