Wind Point Light

Wind Point Light

Infobox_Lighthouse


caption = Wind Point Lighthouse
location = Wind Point, Wisconsin
coordinates = coord|42|46|52|N|87|45|30.2|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1880
automated = 1964
yeardeactivated =
foundation =
construction = brick, Italianate bracketing
shape =
height = convert|108|ft|m
lens = Third Order Fresnel
range = convert|19|mi|km
characteristic =

Wind Point Lighthouse (or Windpoint Light Station) is an active aid to navigation located at the north end of Racine Harbor in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Designed by Orlando Metcalfe Poe, and constructed in 1880, it is one of the oldest and tallest active lighthouses on the Great Lakescite web |url=http://www.windpointwi.us/dms/docs/20030716201227_2.pdf |title=Wind Point Lighthouse history |accessdate=2007-11-25 |format=PDF |publisher=Friends of the Wind Point Lighthouse ] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Reference #84003780).cite web |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/windpt.htm |title=Wind Point Light |accessdate=2007-11-25 |publisher=National Park Service |work=Inventory of Historic Light Stations ] The lighthouse is located in the village of Wind Point, Wisconsin, on Lighthouse Road, next to the Shoop Park golf course.

The lighthouse stands convert|108|ft|m tall. The beacon was originally powered by a three-wicked kerosene lamp magnified by a third order fresnel lens. The light was electrified in 1924, and replaced by a DCB-24R airport beacon in 1964. The light can be seen for convert|19|mi|km. A signal house (horns removed) remains on the grounds as well as a garage, two storage buildings, and an oil house. The Village of Wind Point has maintained the lighthouse and grounds since 1964, and uses the old keepers quarters as a village hall and police headquarters.cite web |url=http://www.windpointwi.us/dms/docs/20030716201252_2.pdf |title=Wind Point Lighthouse tour |accessdate=2007-11-25 |format=PDF |publisher=Friends of the Wind Point Lighthouse ]

In the summer of 2007, the lighthouse tower underwent a US$210,000 restoration,cite web |url=http://www.windpointwi.us/dms/docs/20070803141210_2.pdf |title=July 2007 newsletter |accessdate=2007-11-25 |format=PDF |publisher=Village of Wind Point ] during which windows and doors were replaced, brickwork repointed, and the tower repainted.

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