Eagle Bluff Light

Infobox_Lighthouse


caption =
location = Ephraim, Wisconsin
coordinates = coord|45|10|06|N|87|14|12|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1868
automated = 1926
yeardeactivated =
foundation = Concrete
construction = Cream City brick
shape = Square
height = 43 feet (13 m)
lens = Third and 1/2 order Fresnel lens
range = 7 statute miles (11 km)
characteristic = White, Flashing every 6 sec
ARLHS = USA-252
USCG = 7-21825The Eagle Bluff Light, also known as Eagle Bluff lighthouse, is a lighthouse located near Ephraim in Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin. Construction was authorized in 1866, but the lighthouse was not actually It built until 1868 at a cost of $12,000. It was automated in 1926. The former lighthouse keeper's home has been a museum since 1963.

The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 as reference #70000032.

External links

* [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/eaglebluf/eaglbluff.htm Seeing the Light]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=260 Lighthouse friends article]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/eaglebl.htm NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin]
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)]