Milwaukee Pierhead Light
Milwaukee Pierhead Light
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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°WCoordinates: 43°01′33.378″N 87°53′42.938″W / 43.02593833°N 87.89526056°W |
| Year first constructed | 1872 |
| Year first lit | 1872 |
| Automated | circa 1939 |
| Foundation | concrete pier |
| Construction | Steel |
| Tower shape | Frustum of a cone, decagonal lantern room |
| Markings / pattern | Red with black lantern and parapet |
| Height | 41 feet (12 m) tower |
| Focal height | 48 feet (15 m) |
| Original lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens |
| Current lens | unknown "modern beacon" |
| Range | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
| Characteristic | Red flashing light every 4 seconds |
| ARLHS number | USA-498 |
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Milwaukee Pierhead Light
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| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP Reference # | 12000971 |
| Added to NRHP | September 2012 |
7-20670
The Milwaukee Pierhead Light is an active lighthouse located in the Milwaukee harbor, just south of downtown. This aid to navigation is a 'sister' of the Kenosha North Pier Light.
The station was established in 1872. It is west of the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, and is near the outflow of the Milwaukee River—not far east of where that river converged with the Kinnickinnic River—into the Milwaukee Harbor and Lake Michigan.
This light has a round steel tower with a round gallery and a ten-sided lantern. In 1926, the original 4th Order Fresnel lens was transferred to the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, and that lens is now displayed at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The Fifth Order Fresnel lens—installed in 1926—was removed in 2005. The tower is newly painted circa 2007. The 5th Order lens is said to be on display also at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
According to one source: "The original lantern room had helical bar windows and is believed to [be] the one presently on the Breakwater Light." This is corroborated by the report that the Breakwater Light has a "round cast iron lantern room [that] features helical astragal" in the lantern.
A Submarine cable runs from this light to the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, upon which a lighted danger warning is displayed.
The light was recently painted, circa 2007.
From 1872 until 1926, the light had its own keepers. Thereafter, this light, like all of the lights in the harbor, was serviced by the resident Lighthouse keepers who were stationed at the neighboring North Point Light Station until it was automated.
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