Sand Island Light (Wisconsin)
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For the lighthouse at the entrance to Mobile Bay, see Sand Island Light (Alabama).
The Sand Island Light is a lighthouse located on the northern tip of Sand Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.
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Location | Sand Island, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 47°00′11.91″N 90°56′14.72″W[1] |
Tower | |
Foundation | Stone |
Construction | Sandstone |
Automated | 1921 |
Height | 42 feet (13 m) |
Shape | Octagonal |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
Light | |
First lit | 1881 |
Deactivated | 1933-1985 |
Focal height | 56 feet (17 m)[2] |
Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original), SeaLite LED Marine Lantern [3] (current) |
Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1] |
Characteristic | White, flashing, 6 s[1] |
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The Lighthouse Board chose to use a design that had been used on McGulpin Point Light in 1868; Eagle Harbor Light in 1871; and White River Light in 1875.[4]
Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, part of reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-313.
Attached to the lighthouse is a Norman gothic keepers quarters.