Chicago Harbor (fort Dearborn)

Type:
Year Established:
1832
Existing:
No
Chicago Harbor Fort Dearborn IL 1832.jpg
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1832
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Chicago Harbor
Latitude:
41° 53.10'
Longitude:
87° 37.17'
City / Town:
CHICAGO
U.S. State:
Illinois
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1859
Disposition:
Replaced by Chicago North Pier Lighthouse
Year Tower Established:
1832
Tower Construction Material:
STONE
Tower Foundation:
STONE
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

First light in Chicago, placed next to Fort Dearborn.

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018