North Point Light

Infobox_Lighthouse

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caption = North Point Lighthouse
location = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
coordinates = coord|43|03|56|N|87|52|17|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1888
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1994
foundation = Concrete
construction = Cast Iron (1888) / Steel (1912)
shape = Octagonal
height = 74 feet (23 m)
lens = Fourth order Fresnel lens
range =
characteristic =The North Point lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Lake Park, Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as reference #84003732. It was also added to the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey as survey HABS WI-358.

It replaced a previous Cream City brick lighthouse constructed in 1855 that was located too close to the edge of the eroding bluff. In 1888 a cast iron lighthouse was built, but this tower was not tall enough and was placed on top of a steel structure in 1912 raising its height to 74 feet (23 m) and light focal plane to 154 feet (47 m). The tower underwent restoration in 2005.

The first lantern burned mineral oil. A new lens, installed in 1868, is still in use. The present light source is a 25,000 candlepower lamp rotated electrically and controlled by an automatic time clock. The lens focuses a 1,300,000 candlepower signal visible for 25 miles. [United States Coast Guard, Milwaukee County Historical Society, sign by lighthouse]

References

External links

* [http://www.northpointlighthouse.org/ North Point Lighthouse Friends, Inc.]
* [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/northpoint/northpoint.htm Seeing the light]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=245 Lighthouse friends article]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/northpt.htm NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wi0665 Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey] Survey number HABS WI-358