Little Fort (Waukegan)

Year Established:
1849
Existing:
No
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
National Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Lake Michigan
Latitude:
42° 21.38'
Longitude:
87° 48.48'
City / Town:
WAUKEGON
U.S. State:
Illinois
Location County:
Lake
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Little Fort (Waukegan)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1899
Disposition:
Replaced by Waukegan Harbor Light on Pierhead
Year Tower Established:
1849
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1849
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
NONE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed:
1849
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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