MANITOWOC NORTH BREAKWATER

Type:
Year Established:
1918
Existing:
Yes
breakwater lighthouse
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2021
Photo Credit:
Thomas A Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
LAKE MICHIGAN
Latitude:
44° 5.6'
Longitude:
87° 38.6'
City / Town:
MANITOWOC
U.S. State:
Wisconsin
Location County:
MANITOWOC
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. MANITOWOC NORTH BREAKWATER
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1918
Tower Construction Material:
STEEL FRAME
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE PIER
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
52
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
40
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL ON SQUARE HOUSE
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1918
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
CAST IRON
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1918
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
STEEL
Other Structures:
NONE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
UNKNOWN
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1918
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1971
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

  • 1918: The harbor was dredged and new breakwaters were built. When these were completed the pierhead light was removed and a new breakwater light was built and a fourth-order Fresnel was installed.
  • 1927: A radio beacon was added to the light.
  • 1932: A fog signal was synchronized with the radio beacon.
  • 1940: A telephone line and a new radio room transmitter was installed.
  • 1950s: New power cable was run to the light.
  • 1971: The light was automated.
  • 1985: The structure was added to the states Register of Historic Places. It continues in operation today.
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017