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CHICAGO HARBOR LIGHT

State: ILLINOIS
Location: CHICAGO HARBOR ENTRANCE / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: CHICAGO
County: COOK
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1832

Photo courtesy Ted Smith

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1893
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1979
Foundation Materials: RUBBLE STONE W/CONCRETE PIER
Construction Materials: CAST IRON W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE/ORIG. RED
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 48
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1893
Present Optic:
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 82
Fresnel Lens Disposition: THIRD ORDER FRESNEL AT CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT, CA
Has tower been moved? YES 1919

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1919
Construction Materials:
Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
Fog Signal Type: REMOVED/ORIG. WHISTLE THEN DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1893
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: IRON W/BRICK LINING

Other Structures: ATTACHED BOATHOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84000986
Name of Listing: CHICAGO HARBOR LIGHT (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT OF CHICAGO; 1893 TOWER MOVED TO BREAKWATER 1919; RESTORED IN 1997

Last Modified: Tues, Feb 26 2002 10:59:02 am EDT
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