Type:
Year Established:
1899
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1901
Download:
Waukegan Pierhead IL TAT 2005.jpg (3.51 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2005
Photo Credit:
Thomas Tag
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
LOCATION
Location:
Lake Michigan
Latitude:
42° 21'39"
Longitude:
87° 49'13"
City / Town:
WAUKEGON
U.S. State:
Illinois
Location County:
Lake
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
N/A
Disposition:
Damaged in 1967 Fire (attached Structure Removed); Keepers House Survives as Privately Owned
Year Tower Established:
1899
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
PIER
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
37 FT ABOVE WATER
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL W/OUT LANTERN
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1909
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE, RADIOBEACON
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1899
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
ADDITIONAL WHITE HEXAGONAL BREAKWATER LIGHT ESTABLISHED 1905.