Raspberry Island Light

Infobox_Lighthouse


caption =
location = Raspberry Island, Wisconsin
coordinates = coord|46|58|14|N|90|48|18|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1863
automated = 1957
yeardeactivated = 1957
foundation = Stone
construction = Wood
shape = Square, attached white bldg. w/red roof
marking = white w/black trim & lantern
height = Tower - convert|43|ft|m
elevation = Focal plane - convert|77|ft|m [cite web|url=http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm |author=Pepper, Terry|title="Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes"]
lens = Fifth order Fresnel lens
range = convert|16|mi|km [cite web|url=http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/raspberry/index.htm |author=Pepper, Terry|title="Seeing the Light: Raspberry Island Lighthouse"]
characteristic = Fl W 2.5s
ARLHS = USA-688
USCG = 7-15555The Raspberry Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the southern part of Raspberry Island, marking the west channel of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield. It was erected in 1873, marking the western channel.

It is said to be "one of the few surviving wood framed lighthouses left on Lake Superior. The complex includes a square tower rising up from the attached Lighthouse keeper's quarters, a brick fog signal building, frame barn, brick oil house, boathouse, two outhouses, and a dock. [ [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Superior/raspberryisland.htm Wobser, David, Raspberry Island Light, boatnerd.com] ]

The light was doused in 1947, and was transferred to the National Park Service as part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, part of reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-312.

The original Fresnel lens is on display at the Madeline Island historical museum.

This is an active aid to navigation, with a characterisitic white flash every 2.5 seconds. [ [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wi.htm Lighthouse Digest, Wisconsin Lights, Raspberry Island Light, University of North Carolina.] ]

Notes

Bibliography and further reading

* Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, "The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses" (2002) ISBN 1592231020; ISBN 978-1592231027.
* 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.
* Jones, Ray & Bruce Roberts, "American Lighthouses" (Globe Pequot, September 1, 1998, 1st Ed.) ISBN 0762703245; ISBN 978-0762703241.
* Jones, Ray,"The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference" (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0762727357; ISBN 978-0762727353.
* Noble, Dennis, "Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy" (Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997). ISBN 1557506388; ISBN 9781557506382.
* 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.
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* Putnam, George R., "Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States", (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
* United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation", (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
* [http://www.uscg.mil/History/weblighthouses/h_lhbib.asp United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography".]
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, "Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia" Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993.

ee also

*Apostle Islands Lighthouses

External links

* [http://marinas.com/view/lighthouse/895 Aerial photos of Raspberry Island Light, Marina.com.]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wi0237 Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey] Survey number HABS WI-312
* [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/madelineisland/ Madeline Island Historical Museum]
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wi.htm Lighthouse Digest, Wisconsin Lights, Raspberry Island Light, University of North Carolina.]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=690 Lighthouse friends, Raspberry Island Light article.]
*National Park Service [http://www.nps.gov/apis/raspberr.htm Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin - Raspberry Island Light Station.]
* [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/raspberry/index.htm Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Raspberry Island Light.]
*United States Coast Guard [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, Lightlist (PDF).]
* [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Superior/raspberryisland.htm Wobser, David, Raspberry Island Light, boatnerd.com]