Sturgeon Bay Canal lighthouse
Sturgeon Bay Canal lighthouse
located at the Coast Guard station
The Sturgeon Bay Canal lighthouse is a lighthouse located at the Coast Guard station near Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.
Situated on the east side of the south entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal,
it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, as the
Sherwood Point Light Station, reference #84003666. Originally constructed in
1899, instability forced the addition of steel bracing in 1903. It is similar to
the reinforced Devils Island Lighthouse.
There are two lighthouses at this location, the other being the Sturgeon Bay
Canal North Pierhead Light.
Sturgeon Bay Canal Light
Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
GPS
44°47′42″N
87°18′48″W
Year first lit: 1899
Foundation: Concrete
Construction: Steel / Iron
Tower shape: Cylindrical
Height: 98 feet (30 m)
Original lens: Second order Fresnel lens
Range: 17 statute miles (27 km)
Characteristic: Red, flashing 10 s
Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light
The Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located near 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.
Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead
Light
Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
GPS
44°47′31″N
87°18′34″W
Year first lit: 1903
Foundation: Concrete
Construction: Cast Iron
Tower shape: Cylindrical on Square Fog signal house
Height: 39 feet (12 m)
Original lens: Sixth order Fresnel lens
Range: 9 statute miles (14 km)
Characteristic: Red, flashing 2.5 s
entrance to Coast Guard station
Coast Guard Boat
Sturgeon Bay & Lake Michigan Ship Canal
The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a
shipping canal connecting Sturgeon Bay on the Bay of Green Bay with Lake
Michigan, across the Door Peninsula, at the city of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
The canal is approximately seven miles in length, and consists of two parts: a dredged portion of Sturgeon Bay, and a 1.3-mile canal dug through the Door Peninsula. This shorter portion was dug by a private group headed by then-president of Chicago and North Western Railway, William B. Ogden, between July 8, 1872 and the late fall of 1881. Although smaller craft began using the canal in 1880, it was not open for large-scale watercraft until 1890.
The cost of making the 1.3 mile cut up to 1881 was $291,461.69. In 1893, the Ogden private investors group sold all interest in the canal to the United States government. Since that time, the canal has been maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The original canal was 7,400 feet long (2.3 km), 100 feet wide (32.2 m), and 6 feet deep (1.9 m). As of June 1997 the canal was 7 miles long (11.3 km), 125 feet wide (38m), and 16½ to 21½ feet deep (5 to 6½ m). A jetty extends into Lake Michigan 1,350 feet (410 m) and 800 feet wide (242 m) at the mouth.
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