Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light

Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light

Location	Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°47′31.26″N87°18′34.322″W / 44.7920167°N 87.30953389°W / 44.7920167; -87.30953389 [1] [2]
Tower
Constructed	1882 (First) 1903 (Current)
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Cast iron
Height	39 feet (12 m)
Shape	Cylindrical on square fog signal house
Light
First lit	1903
Focal height	12 m (39 ft)
Lens	Sixth order Fresnel lens (original), 12 inches (300 mm) Tideland Signal ML-300 acrylic lens [3] (current)
Range	9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) [4]
Characteristic	Red, flashing 2.5 s [4]

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

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.

Gallery

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  Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Lighthouse
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  Closeup of the tower
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  Backside
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  On January 1st
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  U.S. Coast Guard Archival Photo

References

1. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
2. Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 18, 2019
3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 18, 2019

General sources

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
• Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

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". Archived from the original on 2022-04-02.
• 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.

External links

• Aerial photos of Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light at Marinas.com.
• Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum
• Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light (Archived May 17, 2021)
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin (Archived October 9, 2012)
• Satellite view at Google Maps