The Chambers Island lighthouse is a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mar ...
located on
Chambers Island in
Door County
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dange ...
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Wisconsin. It was replaced in 1961 by a skeletal tower, visible for .
Chambers Island Lighthouse
in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, ''United States Coast Guard'', July 22, 2019 The new light is identified by the USCG as 7-21895.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as reference #75000063.
Notes
Further reading
* Havighurst, Walter (1943) ''The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes'', Macmillan Publishers.
* Oleszewski, Wes, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses'', (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
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* Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) ''Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present'' (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ; .
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia'' Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) .
External links
Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum
(Archived May 9, 2021)
Lighthouse friends article
(Archived March 14, 2012)
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Lighthouses completed in 1868
Houses completed in 1868
Lighthouses in Door County, Wisconsin
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Door County, Wisconsin