Kewaunee Pierhead Light

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Kewaunee Pierhead Light

Location:	Kewaunee, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°27′26″N 87°29′35″W / 44.45722°N 87.49306°W / 44.45722; -87.49306Coordinates: 44°27′26″N 87°29′35″W / 44.45722°N 87.49306°W / 44.45722; -87.49306
Year first lit:	1931
Foundation:	Pier
Construction:	Steel
Tower shape:	Square
Height:	43 feet (13 m)
Original lens:	Fifth order Fresnel lens
Range:	24 kilometres (15 mi; 13 nmi)
Characteristic:	White, Flashing

The Kewaunee Pierhead lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Kewaunee in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

It replaced range lights constructed in 1891, and is located on the same pier. The fifth order fresnel lens (pronounced [freɪ'nel]) came from the original front range light.

The lighthouse looks nearly identical to the Holland Harbor Lighthouse, except white.^[1]

The Fresnel lens is still in operation—one of only 70 such lenses that remain operational in the United States, sixteen of which are use on the Great Lakes of which six are in Wisconsin.^[2]

1 Gallery
2 Notes
3 Specialized additional reading
4 Further reading
5 External links

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Notes

[edit] Specialized additional reading

Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm.
Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0923568476; ISBN 978-0923568474.
Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.

[edit] Further reading

United States Lighthouse Resources

United States Lighthouse Resources

Browning, Robert. "Lighthouse Evolution and Typology." United States Coast Guard, 22 Jul. 2008. Web.

Harrison, Tim, & Jones, Ray, (1999) Lost Lighthouses East Machias, Maine: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0-00-675526-7; ISBN 0762704438; ISBN 978-0762704439.

Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0814325548 ISBN 9780814325544.

Johnson. Arnold Burges, Clerk, United States Lighthouse Board. (1889) The modern light-house service United States. Light-House Board (Washington: Government Printing Office). 176 pages.

"A History of the Lighthouse Act of 1789 " U.S. Senate Historical Office, 1991. Web. PDF 2.94 MB.

Maritime Heritage Project. Inventory of Historic Light Stations. National Park Service. 26 Oct. 2006. Web.

Noble, Dennis. Lighthouses & Keepers: U.S. Lighthouse Service and its Legacy. Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2004. ISBN 1-59114-626-7.

Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.

Price, Scott, T. (Historian) U.S. Coast Guard. Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography.

Putnam, George, R. "Beacons of the Sea: Lighting the Coast of the United States." National Geographic XXIV.1 (January, 1913): 19. ISSN 1044-6613.

Putnam, George R. (1916) The United States Lighthouse Service: 1915 (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office).

Putnam, George, R. Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1933.

Rowlett, Russ, Lighthouse Directory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Strobridge, Truman, R. "Chronology of Aids to Navigation and the United States Lighthouse Service, 1716–1939." Washington, D.C.: United States Coast Guard.

United States Coast Guard. Aids to Navigation. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1945.

Light List, Volumes 1-7. United States Coast Guard. {{{date}}}. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/Lightlists.htm. , Volumes 1-7 or in print form from the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Weiss, George. The Lighthouse Service, Its History, Activities and Organization. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins Press, 1926.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Lighthouses of Wisconsin

See also: List of lighthouses in Wisconsin

Lake Superior	Apostle Islands • Ashland Harbor Breakwater • Chequamegon Point • Devils Island • Gull Island • La Pointe • Michigan Island • Outer Island • Raspberry Island • Sand Island • Wisconsin Point

Lake Michigan	Algoma Pierhead • Baileys Harbor • Baileys Harbor Range • Boyer Bluff • Cana Island • Chambers Island • Eagle Bluff • Grassy Island Range • Green Bay Harbor Entrance • Kenosha North Pier • Kenosha Southport • Kewaunee Pierhead • Kevich • Manitowoc Breakwater • Milwaukee Breakwater • Milwaukee Pierhead • North Point • Peshtigo Reef • Pilot Island • Plum Island Range • Pottawatomie • Rawley Point • Sherwood Point • Sturgeon Bay Canal • Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead • Wind Point

Lake Winnebago	Asylum • Calumet • Fond du Lac • Kimberly Point • Rockwell

Historical (lost) lights	Dunlap Reef Range Front • Manitowoc Main • Manitowoc North Pierhead • Plum Island Range Front • Racine North Pierhead • Racine Reef Light