Manitowoc Breakwater Light

{{Infobox lighthouse

| name = Manitowoc Breakwater Light

| image = ManitowocBreakwaterLight.jpg

| caption = Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse

| location = Manitowoc, Wisconsin

| coordinates = {{coord|44|05|33.918|N|87|38|36.91|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}{{cite uscgll|7|2014|}}

| yearbuilt = 1918

| yearlit = 1918

| automated = 1971

| yeardeactivated =

| foundation = Pier

| construction = Steel

| shape = Cylindrical on square fog signaling building

| height = {{convert|40|ft}}

| lens = Fourth order Fresnel lens

| range = {{convert|13|nmi}}

| characteristic = White, Isophase, 6 sec

}}

The Manitowoc Breakwater Light is a Lake Michigan lighthouse located near Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at the end of the north pier defining Manitowoc's harbor.{{cite web |title=Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse |url=https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=250 |website=Lighthouse Friends |access-date=18 April 2021}}

It is not to be confused with the smaller and complementary south pier navigational beacon, which was unmoored and swept out into the lake on January 7, 2019, during a period of heavy waves and lakeshore flooding from gusty winds.{{cite news|url=https://www.htrnews.com/story/news/2019/01/07/manitowoc-lighthouse-beacon-washed-away-high-waves-lake-michigan-wisconsin-weather/2502585002/|title=Manitowoc South Pier beacon swept away near lighthouse in high waves on Lake Michigan|last=Zarling|first=Patti|date=7 January 2019|work=Herald Times Reporter|accessdate=7 January 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/gma/lighthouse-lake-michigan-washed-away-221710425.html |title=U.S. Lighthouse in Lake Michigan washed away by large waves |publisher=ABC News |format=Videos |date=January 8, 2019 |accessdate=January 8, 2019 |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108053310/https://www.yahoo.com/gma/lighthouse-lake-michigan-washed-away-221710425.html |url-status=dead }}