Tail Point New

Type:
Year Established:
1899
Existing:
No
tail point
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1914.09.01
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
National Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Lake Michigan
U.S. State:
Wisconsin
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1973
Disposition:
Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1899
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1936
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

  • 1899: The second Long Tail Point Light was deactivated. A new channel had been dredged and the light was now too far from the shipping channel to be a useful for navigation. The light was transferred to the offshore crib light built to mark the submerged tip of the peninsula. A wooden crib was sunk and a concrete pier was built to support a square 1 1⁄2 story frame structure.

  • 1929: The old house used as living quarter for the keeper’s of the new light was severely damaged.

  • 1936: The Long Tail Point (Crib) Lighthouse was automated and the keeper’s were removed from the old dwelling. The house was sold with the provision that it be removed from the site.

  • 1973: The structure was washed into the lake by a severe storm. It was replaced by a pole light mounted on the old foundation.

Entered by:
tomtag
Entered Date:
Feb 07, 2018