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Potawatomi Lighthouse




  Location Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin
  Yearlit 1858
  Automated 1966
  Yeardeactivated Active
  Foundation Stone
  Construction Limestone
  Shape Square
  Height 41 feet (125 m)
  Lens Fresnel Lens


Potawatomi Lighthouse, also know as the Rock Island Light, is located in Rock Island State Park , on Rock Island in Door County , Wisconsin . Established in 1836 , it is the oldest light station in Wisconsin and on Lake Michigan . The 1936 structure was demolished in the late 1850s and the existing lighthouse was first lit in 1858.

The lighthouse was listed as Pottawatomie Lighthouse in the National Register Of Historic Places in 1979, as reference #79000074. Replaced by a modern skeletal tower in 1988. The lantern was replicated in 1999.


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