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Milwaukee Pierhead Light
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LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°01′33.378″N 87°53′42.938″W / 43.02593833°N 87.89526056°W / 43.02593833; -87.89526056[1]
Tower
Constructed1872
Foundationconcrete pier
ConstructionSteel
Automatedcirca 1939
Height41 feet (12 m)[2]
ShapeFrustum of a cone, decagonal lantern room
MarkingsRed with black lantern and parapet[4]
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1872
Focal height43 feet (13 m)[3]
LensFourth-order Fresnel lens[4] (original), unknown "modern beacon"[5] (current)
Range7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[1]
CharacteristicRed flashing light every 4 seconds[1]
Milwaukee Pierhead Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.12000971[6]
Added to NRHPNovember 2012[7]

The Milwaukee Pierhead Light is an active lighthouse located in the Milwaukee harbor, just south of downtown.[8][9] This aid to navigation is a 'sister' of the Kenosha North Pier Light.[10]

  1. ^ a b c Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
  2. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  3. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  4. ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  5. ^ Lighthouse friends, Milwaukee Pierhead Light article.
  6. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  7. ^ "Milwaukee Pierhead Light". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  8. ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Milwaukee Pierhead (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-498".
  9. ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights". Archived from the original on 2009-04-21.
  10. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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