Sand Island WI

Type:
Year Established:
1881
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1901
Sand Island
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1993
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Latitude:
47 00'00"
Longitude:
90 56'00"
U.S. State:
Wisconsin
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1933
Year Tower Established:
1881
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
56 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
37 FT
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1881

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Year Original Lens Installed:
1881
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1921
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

  • 1881: This light was built on the northern tip of Sand Island.
  • 1886: Some improvements were made on the crib and a boat house was constructed.
  • 1902: The cribs were replaced and a storage building was added to the station and a walkway was constructed from the dock to the bluff.
  • 1921: The light was automated.
  • 1933: The light was deactivated.
  • 1977: The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 1981: The light was again lit.
  • The light is open to the public as part of the Apostle Islands Park in the summer.
Entered by:
tomtag
Entered Date:
Dec 04, 2017