Duluth South Breakwater Range Rear (Inner)

Year Established:
1889
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1903
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1995
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
DULUTH HARBOR ON LAKE SUPERIOR
Latitude:
46° 46.48'
Longitude:
92° 05.20'
City / Town:
DULUTH
U.S. State:
Minnesota
Location County:
ST. LOUIS
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Duluth South Breakwater Range Rear (Inner)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1901
Tower Construction Material:
STEEL FRAME/IRON LANTERN
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE (INNER LIGHT)
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
69
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
61
Tower Shape:
SKELETAL W/CENTRAL CYLINDER
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1874
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
FRAME
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE (1894)

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
UNKNOWN
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL / FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1896
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Original tower 1889 current tower 1901.


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017