Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Wisconsin--Manitowoc Breakwater Light

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MANITOWOC BREAKWATER LIGHT

State: WISCONSIN
Location: LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: MANITOWOC
County: MANITOWOC
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1895

HABS/HAER photo by Charles Hyde, 1979

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1918
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1971
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER
Construction Materials: STEEL FRAME
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL ON SQUARE HOUSE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1918
Present Optic: UNKNOWN
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 52
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ON LOAN FROM THE USCG TO THE WISCONSIN MARITIME MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1840/1850
Description: BRICK STRUCTURE AT MOUTH OF MANITOWOC RIVER (1840) AND WOODEN PYRAMIDAL TOWER AT OUTER END OF PIER (1850) Fate/Disposition: 1840 TOWER DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED 1895; PIERHEAD LIGHT DESTROYED IN 1937 STORM AND REPLACED WITH SKELETAL TOWER
2. Construction Date: 1895
Description: WOODEN STRUCTURE COVERED WITH CORRUGATED IRON ON OUTER NORTH BREAKWATER
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1895
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1918
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: STEEL

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1985

Miscellaneous:
HAD A COMPANION ACETYLENE LIGHT ON SOUTH BREAKWATER

Last Modified: Tues, Mar 16 2004 7:19:02 pm EDT
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