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Chambers Island Light

Coordinates: 45°12′09″N 87°21′53″W / 45.20250°N 87.36472°W / 45.20250; -87.36472
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Chambers Island Light
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LocationChambers Island, Wisconsin
Coordinates45°12′09″N 87°21′53″W / 45.20250°N 87.36472°W / 45.20250; -87.36472
Tower
Constructed1868 Edit this on Wikidata
FoundationConcrete
ConstructionBrick
Automated1961
Height67 feet (20 m)
ShapeOctagonal without lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1868
Deactivated1961
Focal height30 m (98 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 6s Edit this on Wikidata
Chambers Island Lighthouse
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1868 (1868)
NRHP reference No.75000063[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 19, 1975

The Chambers Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Chambers Island in Door County, Wisconsin. It was replaced in 1961 by a skeletal tower, visible for 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi).[2][3] The new light is identified by the USCG as 7-21895.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as reference #75000063.

Notes

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
  3. ^ Chambers Island Lighthouse in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, July 22, 2019

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