Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light

The Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located on Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.

Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light
LocationSturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°47′31.26″N 87°18′34.322″W[1]
Year first constructed1882 (First)
1903 (Current)
Year first lit1903
FoundationConcrete
ConstructionCast iron
Tower shapeCylindrical on square fog signal house
Tower height39 feet (12 m)
Focal height12 metre 
Original lensSixth order Fresnel lens
Current lens12 inches (300 mm) Tideland Signal ML-300 acrylic lens[2]
Range9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1]
CharacteristicRed, flashing 2.5 s[1]
USCG number7-21005

Painted red, the light is situated on the north pier of the southern entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.

There are two lighthouses at this location, the other being the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse.

Notes
  1. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Lighthouse
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References

Further reading
  • Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
  • Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
  • Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes".
  • Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0-923568-47-6; ISBN 978-0-923568-47-4.
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.


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