Green Island WI (ruins)

Type:
Year Established:
1863
Existing:
No
Green Island WI 2004 Mike & Carol McKinney.jpg
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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2004
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives

LOCATION

Location:
Green Bay/lake Michigan
Latitude:
0° 0'
Longitude:
0° 0'
City / Town:
MARINETTE
U.S. State:
Wisconsin
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Green Island WI (ruins)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1956
Disposition:
Replaced by Pole Light; Damaged by Fire and Vandals; Only Shell Remains
Year Tower Established:
1863
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD TOWER ON BRICK HOUSE
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL ON SQUARE HOUSE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
0

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1863
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1933
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

  • 1859: Funds were appropriated to build a lighthouse on or near Green Island. The following year the state of Wisconsin seized the land on which the light was to be built.
  • 1863: The light was first lit. The tower contained a fourth order Fresnel lens and the signal was a fixed-white light
  • 1864: The light was damaged by fire and a temporary structure was erected.
  • 1893: The water levels had dropped so much that the well went dry and a new one had to be dug.
  • 1902: The boat house was damaged in a storm by ice and had to be re-built.
  • 1933: The light was automated.
  • 1956: A steel skeletal tower was erected and is in use today.
  • 1957: The island became privately owned.
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018