Bailey's Harbor Light

Oct. 21, 2019
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Bailey's Harbor Light (Baileys Harbor), near Bailey's Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin

BAILEY'S HARBOR LIGHT

Location; NORTH POINT ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN
Station Established: 1853
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1853
Operational? NO
Automated? NO
Deactivated: 1870
Foundation Materials:
Construction Materials: RUBBLESTONE
Tower Shape: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: NATURAL
Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED
Original Lens: SIXTH ORDER FRESNEL LENS

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

  • Bailey’s Harbor is the only natural harbor north of Milwaukee. In 1952 a lighthouse was built to mark the harbor. It contained a sixth order Fresnel lens.
  • In 1958 the lens was upgraded to a fifth order because mariners felt the original light was too dim.
  • The light deteriorated rapidly and it was deactivated in 1870, replaced by range lights on the western side of the bay.

Researched and written by Anne Puppa, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.