La Pointe Light
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| Location: | Long Island, Wisconsin |
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| Foundation: | Concrete |
| Construction: | Cast iron |
| Year first lit: | 1896 |
| Automated: | 1964 |
| Tower shape: | White, Skeletal with a central column |
| Height: | 64 ft (19.5 m) |
| Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range: | 8 statute miles (13 km) |
| Characteristic: | Green, [[[Isophase Light|Isophase]] (Equal interval), 6 sec |
The La Pointe Light is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.
Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, as reference number 83003366. Listed in the Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-325 and WI-325-A. It is one of the oldest skeletal lighthouses on the Great Lakes and played an important role in transportation on Lake Superior.
A square wooden tower, constructed in 1858, was located around 3000 feet west (0.9 km) of the current light. The previous lens was moved to the Chequamegon Point Lighthouse in 1897.
[edit] External links
- NPS - La Pointe (Long Island) Light Station
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)
- Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Survey number HABS WI-325
- Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Survey number HABS WI-325-A
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