Baileys Harbor Range Lights
 Skeleton tower, front range light, rear range light(way in back) | |
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| Location | Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°04′19″N 87°07′12″W / 45.072°N 87.12°W |
| Foundation | Field stone |
| Construction | Wood |
| Automated | 1930 |
| Height | 21 feet (6.4 m) |
| Shape | Square base, upper is octagonal |
| Markings | KRW  |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1869 |
| Deactivated | Late 1960s |
| Lens | Fifth order Fresnel (1897)[2] |
| Characteristic | - |
Baileys Harbor Range Light | |
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| Location | Roughly Co. Rd. Q, Ridges Rd., and WI 57, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
| Area | 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architect | Breitbach, Andrew |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001466[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 21, 1989 |
 Rear range light | |
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| Location | Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°04′19″N 87°07′12″W / 45.072°N 87.12°W |
| Foundation | Field stone |
| Construction | Wood |
| Height | 30 feet (9.1 m)[3] |
| Shape | Square, atop a house |
| Markings | White w/black and red markings |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1870 |
| Lens | Fifth order |
| Characteristic | directional mark |
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| Location | Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°04′19″N 87°07′12″W / 45.072°N 87.12°W |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | Metal skeleton tower with red/white/red dayboard |
| Height | 21 ft (6.4 m)[3] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| Characteristic | White light Flashing every 2.5 seconds, with a higher intensity beam on a bearing of 340°[7] |
The Baileys Harbor Range Lights are a pair of lighthouses arranged in a range light configuration, located near Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.
History
The range lights replaced the Baileys Harbor Lighthouse in 1870 at a cost of $6,000.[10] They are approximately 980 feet (300 m) apart and aligned on a 340° bearing line to guide boats safely into the harbor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, as reference number 89001466 as the Baileys Harbor Range Light. Currently part of the Ridges wildlife sanctuary, which is listed on the List of National Natural Landmarks in Wisconsin. It is closed to the public, but may be viewed from Ridges Road.[11]
The skeleton tower is listed in Volume VII of the United States Coast Guard light list.
The Bailey's Harbor Range Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Reference #89001466, as BAILEYS HARBOR RANGE LIGHT. It is also on the State List/Inventory as of 1988.[10]
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ a b Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
- ^ a b Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
- ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Baileys Harbor Rear Range (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-027".
- ^ a b "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, World List of Lights".
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2003. p. 210.
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Baileys Harbor Lower Front Range (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-936".
- ^ a b National Park Service, Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- ^ Wobser, David, Baileys Harbor Range Lights at boatnerd.com.
Specialized additional reading
- Door County Maritime Museum, Baileys Harbor Range Lights.
- 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, Baileys Harbor Range Lights.
- Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes".
- Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN 0-923568-47-6; ISBN 978-0-923568-47-4.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
External links
- Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Satellite View, Baileys Harbor Range Lights at Google maps.
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