Location | Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 44°05′33.918″N87°38′36.91″W / 44.09275500°N 87.6435861°W [1] |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1918 |
Foundation | Pier |
Construction | Steel |
Automated | 1971 |
Height | 40 feet (12 m) |
Shape | Cylindrical on square fog signaling building |
Light | |
First lit | 1918 |
Focal height | 16 m (52 ft) |
Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
Range | 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) [1] |
Characteristic | White, Isophase, 6 sec [1] |
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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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