Kenosha North Pier Light

Infobox_Lighthouse

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caption = Kenosha North Pier Lighthouse
location = Wisconsin
coordinates = coord|42|35|19.8|N|87|48|31.1|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1906
automated =
yeardeactivated =
foundation = Concrete pier
construction = Cast iron
shape = Conical
marking = Red, black lantern & parapet
height = 50 feet (15 m) (tower)
elevation = 50 feet (15 m) (focal plane)
lens = Fourth order Fresnel lens
currentlens =
intensity =
range = 12 statute miles (19 km)
characteristic = Red, Isophase, 6 sec
fogsignal =
admiralty =
NGA =
ARLHS = USA-416
USCG = 7-20415

The Kenosha North Pier lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Kenosha in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

"A typical 'Lake Michigan red tower'" [ [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Michigan/kenosha-pier.htm Wobser, David, Kenosha North Pier Head Light, boatnerd.com.] ] , it is a sibling to the Milwaukee Pierhead Light. [ [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wi.htm Lighthouse Digest, Wisconsin lighthouses, Milwaukee Pierhead Light, University of North Carolina.] ] This light was built in 1906 as a replacement for the "Old Kenosha Light." [ [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Michigan/kenosha-pier.htm Wobser, David, Kenosha North Pier Head Light, boatnerd.com.] ]

Located on the north pier, it is listed in the United States Coast Guard light list and the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System as the Kenosha Light. It currently is painted red, but the lighthouse also has been painted white in the past. The adjacent south pier and breakwater also had lighthouses, but now have cylindrical navigational lights.

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

*Kenosha Southport Lighthouse - Near the north pier, on Simmons Island

External links

* [http://www.kenoshahistorycenter.org/ Kenosha History Center.]
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wi.htm Lighthouse Digest, Wisconsin lighthouses, Kenosha North Pier Light, University of North Carolina.]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=239 Lighthouse friends article.]
* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.588805,-87.808625&spn=0.002038,0.003369&t=h&z=18&om=1 Satellite view, North Pier Lighthouse, Google earth.]
* [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/kenoshapier/kenoshapier.htm Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Kenosha Pierhead & Breakwater Lights.]
* [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHWI.asp United States Coast Guard list of Wisconsin lights, including Kenosha North Pier Light.]
*United States Coast Guard [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, Lightlist (PDF).]
* [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Michigan/kenosha-pier.htm Wobser, David, Kenosha North Pier Head Light, boatnerd.com.]