Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Wisconsin--Pilot Island Light

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PILOT ISLAND LIGHT

State: WISCONSIN
Location: PORTE DES MORTS PASSAGE / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: GILLS ROCK
County: DOOR
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1858

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1858
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1962
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: YELLOW WITH RED ROOF
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 41
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 300 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 48
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1900
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: ORIG. BELL REMOVED

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES, EXPANDED 1904

Year Constructed: 1873
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK

Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING, ORIGINAL 1850 TOWER/HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #83004279
Name of Listing: PILOT ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1972

Miscellaneous:
SIMILAR IN PLAN TO POTTAWATOMIE LIGHT WHICH IS STONE INSTEAD OF BRICK; ORIGINALLY CALLED PORTE DES MORTS ISLAND LIGHT UNTIL 1910; THE ORIGINAL FOG SIGNAL BUILDING WAS CONVERTED TO A SECOND ASST. KEEPERS IN 1900

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 27 2002 11:19:02 am EDT
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