Manitowoc Breakwater Light

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Manitowoc Breakwater Light
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Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse
Manitowoc Breakwater Light
Location Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°05′33.918″N87°38′36.91″W / 44.09275500°N 87.6435861°W / 44.09275500; -87.6435861 [1]
Tower
Constructed1918
FoundationPier
ConstructionSteel
Automated1971
Height40 feet (12 m)
ShapeCylindrical on square fog signaling building
Light
First lit1918
Focal height16 m (52 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
LensFourth order Fresnel lens
Range13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) [1]
Characteristic White, Isophase, 6 sec [1]

The Manitowoc Breakwater Light is a Lake Michigan lighthouse located near Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at the end of the north pier defining Manitowoc's harbor. [2]

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It is not to be confused with the smaller and complementary south pier navigational beacon, which was unmoored and swept out into the lake on January 7, 2019, during a period of heavy waves and lakeshore flooding from gusty winds. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
  2. "Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. Zarling, Patti (7 January 2019). "Manitowoc South Pier beacon swept away near lighthouse in high waves on Lake Michigan". Herald Times Reporter . Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. "U.S. Lighthouse in Lake Michigan washed away by large waves". ABC News. January 8, 2019. Archived from the original (Videos) on January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

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