Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light

{{Short description|Lighthouse in Wisconsin, United States}}

{{Infobox lighthouse

| name = Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light

| image = Channel Light Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin.JPG

| caption =

| location = Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

| coordinates = {{coord|44|47|31.26|N|87|18|34.322|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}{{cite uscgll|7|2014|}}[https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1992147/sturgeon-bay-canal-north-pierhead-light/ Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light] in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 18, 2019

| yearbuilt = 1882 (First)
1903 (Current)

| yearlit = 1903

| automated =

| yeardeactivated =

| foundation = Concrete

| construction = Cast iron

| shape = Cylindrical on square fog signal house

| height = {{convert|39|ft}}

| lens = Sixth order Fresnel lens (original), {{convert|300|mm|order=flip}} Tideland Signal ML-300 acrylic lens{{cite rowlett|wi}} (current)

| range = {{convert|9|nmi}}[https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1992147/sturgeon-bay-canal-north-pierhead-light/ Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light] in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 18, 2019

| characteristic = Red, flashing 2.5 s

}}

The Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located on Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.

Painted red, the light is situated on the north pier of the southern entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.

There are two lighthouses at this location, the other being the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse.

Gallery

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|File:Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light.jpg|Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Lighthouse

|File:Door County Trip - June 2013 - Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light (9198411995).jpg|Closeup of the tower

|File:Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light August 2015.jpg|Backside

|File:Sturgeon Bay Canal - North Pier and Lighthouse (31229126283).jpg|On January 1st

|File:USCG Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Lighthouse.jpg|U.S. Coast Guard Archival Photo

||Mural on a gas station in Sturgeon Bay

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References

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= General sources =

  • {{cite uscghist|WI}}
  • {{cite uscgll|7||}}

Further reading

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  • 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) {{ISBN|0-932212-98-0}}.
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm |author=Pepper, Terry |title=Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402173558/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm |archive-date=2022-04-02 }}
  • Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) {{ISBN|0-923568-47-6}}; {{ISBN|978-0-923568-47-4}}.
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) {{ISBN|1-55046-399-3}}.

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