Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Wisconsin--Kewaunee Pierhead Light

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KEWAUNEE PIERHEAD LIGHT

State: WISCONSIN
Location: LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: KEWAUNEE
County: KEWAUNEE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1891

HABS/HAER photo by Charles Hyde, 1979

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1931
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated:
Foundation Materials: PIER
Construction Materials: STEEL
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF
Shape: SQUARE ON RECTANGULAR FOG SIGNAL BUILDING
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 43
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1891
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1891
Height of Focal Plane: 45
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1891
Description: RANGE LIGHTS ON PIER ACCESSED BY A CATWALK
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1909
Construction Materials: STEEL
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN (MOVED TO SOUTH BREAKWATER LIGHT)

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (KEEPERS LIVED IN FOG SIGNAL BUILDING WHEN PRESENCE WAS REQUIRED AT LIGHT)

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? UNKNOWN

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
CURRENT LANTERN REMOVED FROM EARLIER RANGE TOWER AND PLACED ON NEW TOWER CONSTRUCTED ON FOG SIGNAL BUILDING IN 1931

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 27 2002 9:00:02 am EDT
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